De*cem"brist (?), n. (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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