revolter
Example Sentences
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He was born a spitfire and a revolter against the established order.
From Time Magazine Archive
It seems strange, therefore, that he was read out of the Party; while Senator LaFollette, an open revolter for many years, still remains a nominal Republican.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is a revolter, however, against the magical and alchemistic methods of his age, which seek for the welfare of men through the elixir of youth or the philosopher’s stone.
From Browning and His Century by Clarke, Helen Archibald
When I came to the word Renegado, after telling that it meant "one who deserts to the enemy, a revolter," I added, Sometimes we say a GOWER.
From Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by Osgood, Charles Grosvenor
Is not thy mind A hot revolter from the service due To my divinity, passion in men's hearts?
From Emblems Of Love by Abercrombie, Lascelles
