We found 3 definitions of levellers from 3 different sources.
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British English
levellers
- /lˈɛvɛləz/
American English
levelers
- /lɛˈvʌlɚz/
What does levellers mean?
Wiktionary
levellers (Noun) Plural of leveller.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer💥
levellers A fanatical party in Germany, headed by Muncer and Storck
in the 16th century, who taught that all distinctions of rank were
usurpations on the rights of mankind. At the head of 40,000 men Muncer
commanded the sovereign princes of Germany and the magistrates of cities
to resign their authority; and on his march his followers ravaged the
country. The landgrave of Hesse at last defeated him; 7000 of the
enthusiasts fell in battle, and the rest fled; their leader was taken
and beheaded at Mulhausen in 1525. The English “Levellers,” powerful in
Parliament in 1647, were put down by Cromwell in 1649, and their leader,
Lilburn, imprisoned.
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