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Definition of "revolutionist" [rev•o•lu•tion•ist]

  • One who favors or is engaged in a revolution. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "revolutionist" in a sentence
  • "Yet, so unpractical was Berkman that he could not realize that a well nourished revolutionist is a more efficient revolutionist."
  • "The revolutionist is no starved and diseased slave in the shambles at the bottom of the social pit, but is, in the main, a hearty, well - fed workingman, who sees the shambles waiting for him and his children and recoils from the descent."
  • "Her early history as a revolutionist is exceptional even in the minds of the Russians, and they have grown used to great martyrs."