leveller

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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 + -er ¹

[lev-uh-ler]

–noun

a person or thing that levels.

Also, especially British, leveller.

Origin:
1590–1600; level + -er ¹

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lev·el·er also lev·el·ler (lěv'ə-lər)

One that levels: a leveler of boards.
1. One who advocates the abolition of social inequities.
2. Leveller A member of an English radical political movement arising in the Parliamentarian forces of the 1640s and advocating universal male suffrage, equality before the law, parliamentary democracy, and religious tolerance.

lev·el·ler (lěv'ə-lər)

n. Variant of leveler.

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