Komsomol

or Com·so·mol

[ kom-suh-mawl, kom-suh-mawl ]

noun(formerly)
  1. a communist organization in the Soviet Union for youths 16 years of age and older.

  2. a member of this organization.: Compare Octobrist (def. 2), Pioneer (def. 6).

Origin of Komsomol

1
<Russian Komsomól, for Kom(munistícheskiĭ) so(yúz) mol(odëzhi) Communist Union of Youth

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Komsomol

/ (ˌkɒmsəˈmɒl, ˈkɒmsəˌmɒl, Russian kəmsaˈmɔl) /


noun
  1. (formerly) the youth association of the Soviet Union for 14- to 26-year-olds

Origin of Komsomol

1
C20: from Russian, from Kom (munisticheski) So (yuz) Mol (odezhi) Communist Union of Youth

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