Sentence:  Among the independents, who, in general, were for having no ecclesiastical subordination, a set of men grew up called <WSD>Levellers</WSD>, who disallowed all subordination whatsoever, and declared that they would have no other chaplain, king, or general, but Christ. They declared that all men were equal; that all degrees and ranks should be levelled, and an exact partition of property established in the nation. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person holding a political opinion in favor of eliminating disparities between the haves and the have nots.