Septembrist

Septembrist
/sep tem"brist/, n.
a person who instigated or took part in the September Massacre.
[1830-40; SEPTEMBER + -IST, modeled on Pg setembrista (with reference to the revolution of September 1836 in Portugal); r. earlier septembrizer < F septembriseur]

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