re|vanch|ist

re|vanch|ist
re|vanch|ist «ruh vahn shihst», noun, adjective.
–n.
a person who advocates taking up arms, as against a country or government, to recover territory lost in a war.
–adj.
of or having to do with revanchists or revanchism: »

a revanchist party.


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  • Re — Re; re·able; re·absorb; re·absorption; re·accept; re·access; re·accession; re·acclimatization; re·acclimatize; re·accommodate; re·accommodation; re·accounting; re·accredit; re·accreditation; re·acetylation; re·acknowledge; re·acquaint;… …   English syllables

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