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plural of revolutionary

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1 a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
  • after the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the moderate socialists briefly governed until being overthrown by the Bolshevik revolutionaries

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2 a person who rises up against authority
  • at first the government was not worried about this small band of unarmed revolutionaries

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“Revolutionaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolutionaries. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.

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