irredentist
noun
- Historical any member of an Italian political party, organized in 1878, seeking to recover for Italy adjacent regions inhabited largely by Italians but under foreign control
- any person who advocates a similar policy about territory formerly a part of that person's country
See irredentist in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĭrˌĭ-dĕnˈtĭst)
noun One who advocates the recovery of territory culturally or historically related to one's nation but now subject to a foreign government.
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