Definition of Decembrest
De*cem"brist (?), n. (Russian
Hist.) One of those who conspired for constitutional
government against the Emperor Nicholas on his accession to the throne
at the death of Alexander I., in December, 1825; -- called also
Dekabrist.
He recalls the history of the decembrists . . .
that gallant band of revolutionists. G.
Kennan.
De*cem"brist (?), n. (Russian
Hist.) One of those who conspired for constitutional
government against the Emperor Nicholas on his accession to the throne
at the death of Alexander I., in December, 1825; -- called also
Dekabrist.
He recalls the history of the decembrists . . .
that gallant band of revolutionists. G.
Kennan.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
English
- a participant in or sympathiser of the Decembrist revolt
- an adherent to the Decembrist politics
- according to or derived from the politics and/or philosophy of the Decembrists
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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