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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]
(noun)
1: a radical supporter of political or social revolution [syn:
revolutionist, subversive, subverter]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Revolutionary : \Rev`o*lu"tion*a*ry\, n.
A revolutionist. [R.]
Dumfries was a Tory town, and could not tolerate a
revolutionary. --Prof.
Wilson.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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