reactionist

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French influence is said to have favored the reactionist plot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under Gregory XVI. he had been a reactionist, to please his sovereign.

From The Roman Question by About, Edmond

Referring to a past which is dear to me, I have spoken of it with kindly sympathy; but I should be sorry to create any misapprehension, and to be taken for an uncompromising reactionist.

From Recollections of My Youth by Renan, Ernest

The Superintendent of the Telegraph himself is here to inform us that Khalid was accused to the Military Tribunal as a reactionist, and a cablegram, in which he is summoned there, is just received.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares

"Yes," he said, "there are people who think I am a reactionist because I put down the ball-alley."

From The Untilled Field by Moore, George (George Augustus)