Carbonaro

Variant of Carbonari

plural noun sing. Carbonaro

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

Origin: 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

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