REVOLUTIONARY

I. adjective Date: 1774 1. of, relating to, or constituting a revolution , tending to or promoting revolution , constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change , of or relating to the American Revolution or to the period in which it occurred, revolutionarily adverb revolutionariness noun II. noun (plural -aries) Date: 1850 one engaged in a revolution, an advocate or adherent of ~ doctrines