1. revanchist - Noun
2. revanchist - Adjective
revanchist (plural revanchists)
A revanchist person; occasionally, anyone seeking vengeance.
revanchist (not comparable)
Seeking revenge or otherwise advocating retaliation, especially against a nation which has previously defeated and humiliated the revanchist party in war. Originally referred to the French indignation over losing Alsace-Lorraine to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War.
Bismarck stubbornly refused to listen to Georg Herbert zu Munster (ambassador to France), who reported back that the French were not seeking a revanchist war, and in fact were desperate for peace at all costs. Source: Internet
Carrié & Rousselle, L'Empire Romain, 163 He would return to Syria in 295 to fight the revanchist Persian empire. Source: Internet
German trade Beginning in June 1925 there was a customs' war with the revanchist Weimar Republic imposing trade embargo against Poland for nearly a decade; involving tariffs, and broad economic restrictions. Source: Internet
However, the revanchist demand to recover the bulk of Macedonia remained powerful. Source: Internet
P. 113. Grandi's attempts to maintain a diplomatic balance between France and Germany were challenged in 1932 by pressure from the French, who had begun to prepare an alliance with Britain and the United States against the threat of a revanchist Germany. Source: Internet