of, characteristic of, or relating to revolution or revolutionaries
revolutionist in American English
(ˌrɛvəˈluʃənɪst)
noun
revolutionary
revolutionist in American English
(ˌrevəˈluːʃənɪst)
noun
1.
a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a revolution; revolutionary
revolutionist ideals
Word origin
[1700–10; revolution + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1700–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cirrus, cozy, envelope, hump, sliding scale-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: apologist, dramatist, machinist, novelist, realist