leveler

(levəl ər)

noun

  1. one that levels
  2. a person who wishes to abolish political and social inequalities
  3. a member of an English party that arose among radical Parliamentarians (c. 1646) and advocated the leveling of all social ranks and the establishment of a more democratic government
Also sp. leveller

See leveler in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also lev·el·ler

noun
  1. One that levels: a leveler of boards.
  2. a. One who advocates the abolition of social inequities.
    b. Leveller A member of an English radical political movement arising in the Parliamentarian forces of the 1640s and advocating universal male suffrage, equality before the law, parliamentary democracy, and religious tolerance.

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