Carbonarist

/ˌkɑːrbəˈnɑːrɪst/ noun

Definition

A member of or believer in the Carbonari and their revolutionary ideals of nationalist independence and constitutional reform.

Etymology

From Carbonari plus -ist (suffix for a practitioner or believer). Direct English formation from the Italian political movement of the 19th century.

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Carbonarists operated across borders and were so effective at organizing that European monarchs created an international police force specifically to hunt them down—making them the world's first transnational revolutionary network that required transnational law enforcement.

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