English > revolutionary: 5 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A radical supporter of political or social revolution. |
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| Synonyms | revolutionist, subversive, subverter |
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| Instances | Corday, Charlotte Corday, Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont | French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793) |
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| Danton, Georges Jacques Danton | French revolutionary leader who stormed / stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794) |
| Guevara, Ernesto Guevara, Che Guevara | An Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution |
| Mao, Mao Zedong, Mao Tsetung | Chinese communist leader (1893-1976) |
| Marat, Jean Paul Marat | French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793) |
| Marti, Jose Julian Marti | Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895) |
| Marx, Karl Marx | founder of modern communism |
| Mirabeau, Comte de Mirabeau, Honore-Gabriel Victor Riqueti | French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791) |
| Robespierre, Maxmillien Marie Isidore de Robespierre | French revolutionary |
| Trotsky, Leon Trotsky, Lev Davidovich Bronstein | Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army |
| Villa, Pancho Villa, Francisco Villa, Doroteo Arango | Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923) |
| Zapata, Emiliano Zapata | Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919) |
| Zhou En-lai, Chou En-lai | Chinese revolutionary and communist leader (1898-1976) |
| Narrower | Girondist, Girondin | A member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution |
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| counterrevolutionist, counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary | A revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution |
| dynamiter, dynamitist | A person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause |
| insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel | A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) |
| Broader | radical | A person who has radical ideas or opinions |
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| Spanish | revolucionario, subversivo, subversor |
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| Catalan | revolucionari, subversiu |
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| Adjectives | revolutionary | advocating or engaged in revolution |
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