Meanings
nounseditionary (plural seditionaries)
plural seditionaries
- An inciter or promoter of sedition; a seditionist.
They believed the Americans to be traitors and seditionaries, ungrateful for the benefits that had accrued to them and unwilling to pay a fair contribution to the expenses of empire.
2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, published 2017, page 233
adjectiveseditionary (comparative more seditionary, superlative most seditionary)
comparative more seditionary · superlative most seditionary
- Constituting or relating to sedition.
Origin
Translations
German Aufwiegler, Unruhestifter
- Aufwieglerpromoter of sedition
- Unruhestifterpromoter of sedition
- Aufrührerpromoter of sedition
- Volksverführerpromoter of sedition
- Hetzrednerpromoter of sedition
- Agitatorpromoter of sedition
- Scharfmacherpromoter of sedition
- Demagogepromoter of sedition
Russian крамо́льник
- крамо́льник (kramólʹnik)promoter of sedition
Swedish orosstiftare, uppviglare
- orosstiftarepromoter of sedition
- uppviglarepromoter of sedition
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APA
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MLA
“seditionary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seditionary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seditionary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seditionary.
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