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revolutionary |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Revolutionary \Rev`o*lu"tion*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]volutionnaire.] Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to or promoting, revolution; as revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Revolutionary \Rev`o*lu"tion*a*ry\, n. A revolutionist. [R.] Dumfries was a Tory town, and could not tolerate a revolutionary. --Prof. Wilson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: revolutionary adj 1: markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views" [syn: {radical}] 2: relating to or having the nature of a revolution; "revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era" 3: advocating or engaged in revolution; "revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta" [ant: {counterrevolutionary}] n : a radical supporter of political or social revolution [syn: {revolutionist}, {subversive}, {subverter}]
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