revolutioneer

English

Etymology

From revolution +‎ -eer.

Noun

revolutioneer (plural revolutioneers)

1. One who revolts or who does something revolutionary; revolutionist.
   • 1939, History of Brazil, page 26:

     Skirmishers from Baía marched on to help the revolutioneers.

   • 1948, Trans-Atlantic, from Office of Labor Advisors - Volumes 1-5, page 3:

     In any country, whenever you secretly participate or openly assist, by whatever means, the revolt against the existing social system, you are a revolutioneer, an outlaw, and the State punishes you severely.

   • 1952, George Francis Taubeneck, Peace and progress: how to be happy despite the politicians, page 27:

     Thorstein Veblen, who hated businessmen per se, and whose writings influenced the New Deal revolutioneers, gave "C grades to all his pupils at Columbia University.

   • 1966, Vital Angel, Of heaven on earth, page 234:

     French revolutioneers wore cheap pants with coloured stripes, so they called themselves Sans Culotte because they looked more like parading in pyjamas.

Verb

revolutioneer (third-person singular simple present revolutioneers, present participle revolutioneering, simple past and past participle revolutioneered)

1. To revolt against.
   • 1956, Jacob Hugo Weinschenk, The Poet and the Vineyards, page 68:

     A good word, well applied and highly geared, Has oft worlds friendly revolutioneered.

   • 2011, John James Audubon, Daniel Patterson, Patricio J. Serrano, John James Audubon's Journal Of 1826, page 47:

     Now magots with me, have an Irrisistible, Irritating, repulsive power, and to see Two armies of those Larvas Issuing from Two opposite parts of a cheese, so much revolutionise my stomack (particularly when at sea) that, that same stomack revolutioneers again them.

   • 2019, E Değirmenci, “A Critique of The Limits of Growth from Social Ecology Perspective”, in Federico Venturini, Emet Degirmenci, Inés Morales, editors, Social Ecology and the Right to the City:

     Heller here also criticises the Nation-State, which we do not need. Instead, we need to revolutioneer the institutions that create and serve equity and well-being.