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| Ir·re·den·tist [ ìrri déntist ] (plural Ir·re·den·tists) |
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Italian political activist: a member of a former Italian organization that advocated the adding to Italy of Italian-speaking territories that were under foreign control
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| [Late 19th century. < Italian irredentista< (Italia) irredenta "unrecovered (Italy)" < redento "redeemed" < Latin redemptus, past participle of redimere (see redeem)] |
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