bolshevik

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
noun a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party
adjective of or relating to Bolshevism

*#Tolstoy, Count Ilya.# *Bolshevik Soldier. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
“This gentleman is a Russian Bolshevik. — The Secret Adversary, Agatha Christie
Gunch shouted, “How’s the old Bolsheviki? — Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis

Marxist, red, bolshie, bolshy

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