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Car·bo·nari (kär′bō̂ nä′rē)

plural noun sing. Carbonaro -·na′ro (-rō̂)

an Italian revolutionary group organized about 1811 to unify Italy and found a republic

Etymology: It, pl. of carbonaro, charcoal burner (< L carbonarius < carbo: see carbon): said to be so named from meeting among the charcoal burners and using their jargon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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