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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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
All this to celebrate the achievement of ten years of Bolshevist rule.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The F�hrer, according to Halder, thought he could crush the Russians by taking Stalingrad and Leningrad, because they were named for the two most venerated Bolshevist leaders.
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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