leveller

Plurallevellers

1. 1
   makes everyone equalnouncountable

   Something that makes people equal, so that being rich or poor stops mattering.

   Death is the great leveller, because it comes to everyone.

   On the pitch, money can't help you, so football is a real leveller.

   UsageOften in the phrase the great leveller, said of death or of sport.

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2. 2
   equal scorenouncountable

   In sport, a goal or point that makes the score equal again.

   Our team scored the leveller in the very last minute.

   They needed a leveller to stay in the cup, but it never came.

   UsageAnother word for equaliser, mostly used about football.

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3. 3
   makes things flatnouncountable

   Someone or something that makes things flat or even.

   The farmer pulled a leveller across the field to make it flat.

   Turn the levellers under the washing machine until it stops rocking.

4. 4
   Civil War radicalnounhistoricalcountable

   A member of an English Civil War group that wanted more voters, equal rights in law and freedom of worship.

   During the Civil War, a Leveller stood up at the meeting and said that poor men should have a vote too.

   The Levellers handed out leaflets in the streets asking for freedom of religion.

   UsageWrite it with a big L: the Levellers.

5. 5
   equality supporternouncountable

   Someone who thinks the gap between rich and poor people should be taken away.

   At university he turned into a leveller who wanted all wealth shared out equally.

   My grandad was a real leveller who thought nobody should be rich while others were poor.

   UsageWritten with a small l. People mostly use it to criticise someone.

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