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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Revolutionary

/rĕvˌ-əl-o͞osh'-ən-ĕrˌ-ē/ · Rev·o·lu·tion·a·ry · IPA /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/
01 a. Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolu…
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.
02 n. A revolutionist.
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    A revolutionist.[R.]
    “Dumfries was a Tory town, and could not tolerate a revolutionary.” — Prof. Wilson.