carbonari

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UK/ˌkɑːbəˈnɑːɹɪ/US/ˌkɑɹbəˈnɑɹi/

noun

member or members of the carboneria secret society

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Meanings

carbonari1

nouncarbonari (plural carbonari)
  1. member or members of the carboneria secret society

    I saw Sir Hudson Lowe standing on the same rug with one of Buonaparte's old generals; one of our Tory members, to whom innovation is the 'word of fear,' who considers anarchy and annihilation as synonymous, shrinking in the doorway from the carbonari atmosphere of General Pepi.

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 136

Carbonari2

nounCarbonari pl (normally plural, singular Carbonaro)

singular Carbonaro

  1. historicalpluralplural normallyMembers of secret revolutionary societies founded in early 19th-century Italy, often with a patriotic and liberal focus.

Origin

carbonari · noun

  1. Italiancarbonari
  2. Englishcarbonari

From Italian carbonari, plural of carbonaro.

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Carbonari · noun

  1. Italiancarbonari
  2. EnglishCarbonari

From Italian carbonari, plural of carbonaro (dialectal, literally “charcoal burner”), from carbone (“coal”). Doublet of carbonara.

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Translations

Portuguese carbonários
  • carbonáriosmembers of secret revolutionary societies of early 19th-century Italy

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with carbonari

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