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Irredentist

Ir·re·den·tist [ ìrri déntist ] (plural Ir·re·den·tists)


noun 
Definition:
 
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

[Late 19th century. < Italian irredentista< (Italia) irredenta "unrecovered (Italy)" < redento "redeemed" < Latin redemptus, past participle of redimere (see redeem)]
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