leveller

[lev-uh-ler] Origin

lev·el·ler

[lev-uh-ler]
noun
1.
(usually initial capital letter) (during the British Civil War) a member of the Parliamentary army advocating constitutional reforms, equal rights, and religious tolerance.
2.
Chiefly British. leveler.

Origin:
1590–1600; level + -er1

self-lev·el·ler, noun
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leveller or (US) leveler (ˈlɛvələ)
 
n
1.  a person or thing that levels
2.  a person who works for the abolition of inequalities
 
leveler or (US) leveler
 
n

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leveller
1640s, name of a political party of the time of Charles I that advocated abolishing all differences of position and rank; from from level.
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