Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Revolutionary"
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) 1.7 (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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