Spartacist

/ (ˈspɑːtəsɪst) /

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noun

a member of a group of German radical socialists formed in 1916 and in 1919 becoming the German Communist Party, led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg

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Word Origin for Spartacist

C20: from the pen name Spartacus adopted by Karl Liebknecht

Words nearby Spartacist

sparry, sparse, sparsely, sparsity, Sparta, Spartacist, Spartacus, Spartan, Spartanburg, sparteine, Sparti

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How to use Spartacist in a sentence

She makes her first scars on the world as an Emancipator, a blond Spartacist, Abe Lincoln with dragons.
Daenerys Goes to Washington: The Modern Politics of ‘Game of Thrones’|Jedediah Purdy|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How many combinations does that give in which to find the perfect expression of a Spartacist commandant of a Hohenzollern castle.
The New Germany|George Young
The handsomest and most intelligent man I've met in Germany was a Spartacist, a film actor by profession.
The New Germany|George Young