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n. - One whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier overthrowing of the government.

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Usage examples (9)
  • France; that he found himself seconded in this plan of destruction by thousands of hands and voices; that one citizen was executed for supplying the wounded with provisions,...
  • I went up to the counter-revolutionist Kornilovitz who sat in the president’s chair.
  • But this "counter-revolutionist" fully realized the Denikin menace to the Revolution.
  • He continued his warfare against the Soviets and was considered a dangerous counter-revolutionist.
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