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rev⋅o⋅lu⋅tion⋅ar⋅y

  [rev-uh-loo-shuh-ner-ee] adjective, noun, plural -ar⋅ies.
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
2. radically new or innovative; outside or beyond established procedure, principles, etc.: a revolutionary discovery.
3. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the American Revolution or to the period contemporaneous with it in U.S. history: Revolutionary heroes; Revolutionary weapons.
4. revolving.
–noun
5. a revolutionist.
Origin:
1765–75; revolution + -ary

Related forms:
rev⋅o⋅lu⋅tion⋅ar⋅i⋅ly, adverb
rev⋅o⋅lu⋅tion⋅ar⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. unprecedented, novel, drastic, unorthodox.
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rev·o·lu·tion·ar·y   (rěv'ə-lōō'shə-něr'ē)   
adj.  
    1. often Revolutionary Relating to or being a revolution: revolutionary war; a museum of the Revolutionary era.
    2. Bringing about or supporting a political or social revolution: revolutionary pamphlets.
  2. Marked by or resulting in radical change: a revolutionary discovery.
n.   pl. rev·o·lu·tion·ar·ies
  1. A militant in the struggle for revolution.
  2. A supporter of revolutionary principles.
rev'o·lu'tion·ar'i·ly adv., rev'o·lu'tion·ar'i·ness n.
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Revolutionary

Rev`o*lu"tion*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]volutionnaire.] Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.

Revolutionary

Rev`o*lu"tion*a*ry\, n. A revolutionist. [R.]

Dumfries was a Tory town, and could not tolerate a revolutionary. --Prof. Wilson.
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Language Translation for : revolutionary
Spanish: revolucionario,
German: umwälzend,
Japanese: 革命的な
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