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Bolshevik

//ˈbɒlʃəvɪk// noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Bolshevism wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917. historical

    "Мы, большевики, утверждаем, что на нашей стороне большинство настоящих, русских, партийных деятелей."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Bolshevik. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries wordnet
  4. 4
    A member of the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. historical
  5. 5
    a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), from большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó, “majority”).

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