prerevolutionary en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English revolutionary English prerevolutionary From pre- + revolutionary.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Occurring before a revolution.
But there are those within the senior ranks of the Party who count you among the heroes of the prerevolutionary cause.
2016, Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow, →ISBN, page 7:Although Brogan sees the history as a “medley of fiction and wishful thinking,” he is deeply impressed with Tocqueville’s pioneering use of local archives, which allowed him to lay out the continuity between prerevolutionary and postrevolutionary France.
2007 July 8, Christopher Caldwell, “Even God Quotes Tocqueville”, in New York Times:
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| pre-revolutionary | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (14)
uk передреволюційний (occurring before a revolution) · tg тоинқилобӣ (occurring before a revolution) · be перадрэвалюцы́йны (occurring before a revolution) · ru предреволюцио́нный (occurring before a revolution) · pl przedrewolucyjny (occurring before a revolution) · hu forradalom előtti (occurring before a revolution) · ru дореволюцио́нный (occurring before a revolution) · sv förrevolutionär (occurring before a revolution) · de prärevolutionär (occurring before a revolution) · fr prérévolutionnaire (occurring before a revolution) · be дарэвалюцы́йны (occurring before a revolution) · it prerivoluzionario (occurring before a revolution) · de vorrevolutionär (occurring before a revolution) · uk дореволюці́йний (occurring before a revolution)