krantikari

krantikari noun: a revolutionary.

Noun

krantikari (plural krantikaris)

(India) A revolutionary.
- 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...2015 July 14, Debajani Mohanty, The Curse of Damini, Partridge 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?2018 April 20, Rohan Dahiya, The Bitter Pill Social Club, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN

Even from my small scholarship money, I used to donate to the local krantikari teams.2015 July 14, Debajani Mohanty, The Curse of Damini, Partridge Publishing, →ISBN:
These riyasats were preyed on by dacoits (armed robbers) and were also a refuge for absconding krantikaris (revolutionaries) active in the region.2021 September 30, Aparna Vaidik, Waiting for Swaraj: Inner Lives of Indian Revolutionaries, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 3:

plural	krantikaris

From Hindi क्रांतिकारी (krāntikārī).

What does krantikari mean?: Krantikari means a revolutionary.
How do you use krantikari in a sentence?: Even from my small scholarship money, I used to donate to the local krantikari teams.
What part of speech is krantikari?: Krantikari is a noun.
What is the plural of krantikari?: The plural of krantikari is krantikaris.

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