| antirevolutionary |
combined form of revolutionary. |
| continental |
(cap.) of or related to the thirteen American colonies in or about the time of the Revolutionary War. [2/6 definitions] |
| Continental Congress |
the revolutionary assembly, made up of landed representatives of the American colonies, that met between 1774 and 1789 to work out a plan of government and adopted both the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. |
| left wing |
a faction of a political party or other group that advocates liberal reform or radical, revolutionary change, esp. in the social, political, or economic order. (Cf. right wing.) |
| louis d'or |
a gold coin minted in pre-Revolutionary France; louis. [2 definitions] |
| Meena Keshwar Kamal |
Afghan poet and activist, who was assassinated ten years after founding the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) (b. 1956--d.1987). |
| minuteman |
an American militiaman of the Revolutionary War period who was ready to fight on a moment's notice. |
| National Liberation Front |
a revolutionary, often violent, political group, esp. such a group formerly active in South Vietnam. |
| New Left |
a radical political movement from the 1960s advocating revolutionary changes in the political, social, and economic structure of society, esp. U.S. society. |
| nonrevolutionary |
combined form of revolutionary. |
| Oliver Cromwell |
an English revolutionary general and the Lord Protector of England in 1653-58 (b.1599--d.1658). |
| Paul Revere |
a U.S. silversmith and revolutionary patriot (b.1735--d.1818). |
| Philadelphia |
a city in southeastern Pennsylvania, the largest city in the state and one of the most populous in the U.S., important as a government center during the Revolutionary War and home to Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and The U.S. Constitution were signed. |
| postrevolutionary |
combined form of revolutionary. |
| prerevolutionary |
combined form of revolutionary. |
| sans-culotte |
a member of the poorly dressed revolutionary army in the French Revolution. [2 definitions] |
| ultrarevolutionary |
combined form of revolutionary. |
| unrevolutionary |
combined form of revolutionary. |
| Vladimir Ilyich Lenin |
a Russian Communist revolutionary leader and premier of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1924 (b.1870--d.1924). |
| Yankee Doodle |
a character in a Revolutionary War song, whose adventures are described in several humorous verses. |