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Dekabrist

Decembrist \De*cem"brist\, n. (Russian Hist.) One of those who conspired for constitutional government against the Emperor Nicholas on his accession to the throne at the death of Alexander I., in December, 1825; -- called also Dekabrist.

He recalls the history of the decembrists . . . that gallant band of revolutionists.
--G. Kennan.

Dekabrist

Dekabrist \Dek"a*brist\, n. A Decembrist.