krantikari

English

Etymology

From Hindi क्रांतिकारी (krāntikārī).

Noun

krantikari (plural krantikaris)

1. (India) A revolutionary.
   • 2015 July 14, Debajani Mohanty, The Curse of Damini‎^[1], Partridge Publishing, →ISBN:

     Even from my small scholarship money, I used to donate to the local krantikari teams. Sometimes they used to hide in our hostels, trying to run away from the police. However, I never participated directly. I believe there are many ways to serve the country, and my work is nothing less than that of the krantikaris.

   • 2018 April 20, Rohan Dahiya, The Bitter Pill Social Club‎^[2], Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     If I didn't have so much money I could almost be like one of those unwashed, lesbian mahila krantikaris from LSR you know?

   • 2021 September 30, Aparna Vaidik, Waiting for Swaraj: Inner Lives of Indian Revolutionaries, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 3:

     These riyasats were preyed on by dacoits (armed robbers) and were also a refuge for absconding krantikaris (revolutionaries) active in the region.