revanchist

[ ruh-van-chist, -vahn-shist ]

noun
  1. an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.

adjective
  1. of or relating to a political policy of revanche.

  2. of or relating to revanchists or revanchism.

Origin of revanchist

1
1925–30; <French revanchiste;see revanche, -ist

Other words from revanchist

  • re·vanch·ism, noun

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