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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Turbulous, adj. [e.m.E. tourbulus (1527), turbulous (1579), L. turbulentus. Cf. Trubillous adj.] Liable to cause disorder and unrest. —c1680 W. Row Blair 582.
Resolved … against the traducers and hinderers of such petitions, as turbulous and seditious, as betrayers of the liberty of the subjects, and introducing arbitrary power
