Bolshevist
Americannoun
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a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.
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(sometimes lowercase) an ultraradical socialist; any political ultraradical.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Bolshevist
First recorded in 1915–20; Bolshev(ik) + -ist
Example Sentences
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In the late 1920s, Ahn was falsely accused of being a Bolshevist and deported from the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2021
Appealing to his "spiritual father" for a real chance to fight again, he was sent to Poland,where to he vindicated his military genius by directing the successful Polish resistance to the Bolshevist armies.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the 25th anniversary of the Bolshevist Revolution, Stalin, in his big state speech of the year, reviewed the past and for the future struck the note of statesmanship.
From Time Magazine Archive
Born in Byelorussia, he joined the Bolshevist underground at 19, in 1906 fled from Czarist police into exile in the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
The worst of them made up uglier names than Bolshevist even, and allowed the brutal side of their natures to dwell on imaginary enormities which they attributed to the knights.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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