English Explanatory Dictionary

leveller

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. comparative form of level: more level
noun
  1. A person or thing that levels.
  2. A device used to stabilize wobbly tables, chair legs, or other furniture.
  3. Something that transcends people’s differences (such as social class, wealth, etc.); something that tends to eliminate advantages and disadvantages.
  4. A person holding a political opinion in favor of eliminating disparities between the haves and the have-nots.
  5. An equaliser.
noun
  1. A member of the Levellers.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

leveller leveler levellers

Etymology

From level + -er.

Related words

antileveling

Derived words

death is the great leveller

Translations

Finnish: tasoittaja Finnish: tasoitin Portuguese: nivelador Russian: уравни́тель Russian: выра́вниватель Russian: ура́вниватель Spanish: desnivel
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