Bolshevist

[ bohl-shuh-vist, bol- ]
/ ˈboʊl ʃə vɪst, ˈbɒl- /

noun

a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.
(sometimes lowercase) an ultraradical socialist; any political ultraradical.

adjective

Bolshevistic.

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Origin of Bolshevist

First recorded in 1915–20; Bolshev(ik) + -ist

OTHER WORDS FROM Bolshevist

an·ti-Bol·she·vist, noun, adjectivenon-Bol·she·vist, nounpro-Bol·she·vist, noun, adjective
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Words related to bolshevist

comrade, sympathizer, red, Marxist, pinko, Commie, apparatchik, Socialist, Trotskyite, Bolshevik, Maoist, Stalinist, Leninist

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