revolutioner
English
Etymology
revolution + -er
Noun
revolutioner (plural revolutioners)
- (archaic) A revolutionary.
- 1759, Tobias Smollett, A Complete History of England, London: James Rivington and James Fletcher, 3rd edition,, Book 8, p. 464,
- The people were divided into three parties, namely, the Williamites, the Jacobites, and the discontented revolutioners; and these factions took all opportunities to thwart, to expose, and to ridicule the measures and principles of each other: so that patriotism was laughed out of doors, as an hypocritical pretence.
- 1759, Tobias Smollett, A Complete History of England, London: James Rivington and James Fletcher, 3rd edition,, Book 8, p. 464,
References
- “revolutioner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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