Revolutioner vs. Revolutionary

Revolutionernoun

(archaic) One who engages in bringing about a revolution; a revolutionary.

Revolutionaryadjective

Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution

‘revolutionary war’; ‘revolutionary measures’; ‘revolutionary agitators’;

Revolutionernoun

One who is engaged in effecting a revolution; a revolutionist.

Revolutionaryadjective

pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset

‘a revolutionary new tool’;

Revolutionaryadjective

(sciences) pertaining to something that revolves

Revolutionarynoun

A revolutionist; a person who revolts.

Revolutionarynoun

(music), (informal) Chopin's 'Revolutionary Etude' Op. 10 no. 12

Revolutionaryadjective

Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.

Revolutionarynoun

A revolutionist.

‘Dumfries was a Tory town, and could not tolerate a revolutionary.’;

Revolutionarynoun

a radical supporter of political or social revolution

Revolutionaryadjective

markedly new or introducing radical change;

‘a revolutionary discovery’; ‘radical political views’;

Revolutionaryadjective

relating to or having the nature of a revolution;

‘revolutionary wars’; ‘the Revolutionary era’;

Revolutionaryadjective

advocating or engaged in revolution;

‘revolutionary pamphlets’; ‘a revolutionary junta’;

Revolutionary

A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates a revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor.