revolutionaries
USrev-uh-LOO-shuh-ner-eez/ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹiz/UKrev-uh-LOO-shuhn-reez/ˌɹɛvəˈluːʃənɹiz/
- 1Plural of revolutionary.
The revolutionaries seized the palace within hours of the uprising.
Exiled revolutionaries plotted their return from across the border.
Note
Only the noun has a plural here. Revolutionary is also an adjective (revolutionary ideas, a revolutionary government), and English adjectives never take -s. So the plural always names people: the revolutionaries, never "revolutionaries ideas." The spelling follows the usual rule for a consonant plus y, which becomes -ies. The near-synonym revolutionist simply adds -s: revolutionists.
revolutionaries is a form of revolutionary
revolutionary, noun: A person who takes part in or works to bring about the overthrow of a government. Full entry
- Forms
- revolutionaryrevolutionaries plural
- Spelling
- revolutionary → revolutionaries: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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