leveller

Speech parts

1. leveller - Noun

2. leveller - Adjective

Meaning

a radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions

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Although Walwyn and Overton were released from the Tower, and Lilburne tried and acquitted, the Leveller cause had effectively been crushed. Source: Internet

After their arrest and imprisonment in 1649, four of the "Leveller" leaders – Walwyn, Overton, Lilburne and Thomas Prince – signed a manifesto in which they called themselves Levellers. Source: Internet

A fine save from Rovers goalkeeper Phil Peachey denied Scott Mooney a leveller before the hosts extended their advantage when Simon Unwin got the final touch to a Yeomans shot in a scramble. Source: Internet

In October 1647 the first manifesto of what became known as the Leveller movement, The Case of the Army Truly Stated, was drafted at Guildford by the elected representatives of New Model Army regiments and civilian radicals from London. Source: Internet

There were rebellions and mutinies following the debates, and in 1649, the Bishopsgate mutiny resulted in the execution of Leveller Robert Lockyer by firing squad. Source: Internet

It doesn’t matter who you are or what you have done or where you come from, anyone is capable of hitting a four, anyone is capable of getting you out and it really is a huge leveller.” Source: Internet

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