the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who desires or endeavors to effect a social or political revolution; one who takes part in a revolution.
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n. a radical supporter of political or social revolution
Word Usage
"The revolutionist is no starved and diseased slave in the shambles at the bottom of the social pit, but is, in the main, a hearty, well - fed workingman, who sees the shambles waiting for him and his children and recoils from the descent."