'Carbonari' definitions:

Definition of 'Carbonari'

From: GCIDE
  • Carbonaro \Car`bo*na"ro\, n.; pl. Carbonari. [It., a coal man.] 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]