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LEVELLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leveller mean?
• LEVELLER (noun)
The noun LEVELLER has 1 sense:
1. a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions
Familiarity information: LEVELLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
leveler; leveller
Hypernyms ("leveller" is a kind of...):
radical (a person who has radical ideas or opinions)
Derivation:
level (make level or straight)
Context examples
“Shoot with them, quotha?” cried Aylward in high disdain, for pressing danger is the great leveller of classes.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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