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revanchist noun

  /ɹəˈvɑnt͡ʃɪst/ , /ɹɪˈvæn(t)ʃɪst/
  • A revanchist person; occasionally, anyone seeking vengeance.
 revanchiste, revanchard, revancharde

revanchist adjective

  /ɹəˈvɑnt͡ʃɪst/ , /ɹɪˈvæn(t)ʃɪst/
  • Seeking revenge or otherwise advocating retaliation, especially against a nation which has previously defeated and humiliated the revanchist party in war. Originally referred to the French indignation over losing Alsace-Lorraine to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War.
 revanchard, revanchiste
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