Decembrist

Definition of Decembrist

De`cem´brist

n.

1.

(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.

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