reactionist

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French influence is said to have favored the reactionist plot.

From Time Magazine Archive

At four o'clock some of the reactionist companies appeared, resolute, in good order, their muskets on their shoulders, and took possession of the quarters of the Bourse.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

Evidence has come to light that all this time he was speaking in an entirely different key whenever his visitor was a reactionist or a clerical.

From Cavour by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

The great reactionist is a type that is wholly dark to him.

From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle by Morley, John

That a reactionist can be great, can be a lover of virtue and truth, can in any sort contribute to the welfare of men, these are possibilities to which he will lend no ear.

From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle by Morley, John