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. |