revolutioner

English

Etymology

revolution + -er

Noun

revolutioner (plural revolutioners)

  1. (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.

References

Danish

Noun

revolutioner c

  1. indefinite plural of revolution

Verb

revolutioner or revolutionér

  1. imperative of revolutionere

Swedish

Noun

revolutioner

  1. indefinite plural of revolution

See also

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