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
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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
On his return to Paris his peace proposal, involving recognition of the Bolshevist regime, was suddenly tossed into the waste basket by Messrs. Wilson and Lloyd George.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bryan's last years, notorious for fanatic championship of "fundamentalism" as opposed to "modern ism" and evolution, Author Long explains ruefully as post-War hysteria in line with Lusk laws and Bolshevist scares.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the infant Bolshevist regime started its climb to power, Abraham Heller was quick to give a helping hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
One week before the Bolshevist Revolution, in the autumn of 1917, his young wife bore him a second child, a son.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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