Thesaurus: carbonaro

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1. n. A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.
2. A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic. Note: The origin of the Carbonari is uncertain, but the society is said to have first met, in 1808, among the charcoal burners of the mountains, whose phraseology they adopted.
3. A member of a secret political association in Italy, organizedin the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose ofchanging the government into a republic.