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bolshevik

/ˈbɒlʃəvɪk/US/ˈboʊlʃəvɪk/

bolshevik is the alternative form of Bolshevik.

Noun capitalized: Bolshevik

Bolshevik (plural Bolsheviks or (literary) Bolsheviki)

  1. (historical) A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917.
    • Мы, большевики, утверждаем, что на нашей стороне большинство настоящих, русских, партийных деятелей.1967 [1905 February 3], Владимир Ленин [Vladimir Lenin], “Письмо к Грейлиху”, in Краткий очерк раскола в РСДРП (В. И. Ленин – Полное собрание сочинений; 9), page 239; English translation from “The...
    • But such points were on the whole lost in the picture as it appeared in gross: everyone had confessed, the Old Bolsheviks had publicly avowed disgraceful plans and actions. The whole business almost passed belief. Were the confessions true? How had they been obtained? What did it all signify? We...1968, Robert Conquest, “The Problem of Confession”, in The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties, Macmillan Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 124
  2. (historical) A member of the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Forms of bolshevik

pluralbolsheviks
pluralbolsheviki
pluralBolsheviks
plural literaryBolsheviki
alternative formbolshevik

Origin of bolshevik

Borrowed from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), from большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó, “majority”).

Words formed from bolshevik

Phrases with bolshevik

Questions about bolshevik

What does bolshevik mean?
Bolshevik means a Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917.
What is bolshevik the alternative form of?
Bolshevik is the alternative form of Bolshevik.
What part of speech is bolshevik?
Bolshevik is a noun.
How do you pronounce bolshevik?
Bolshevik is pronounced /ˈbɒlʃəvɪk/ (UK).
What is the plural of bolshevik?
The plural of bolshevik is bolsheviks.

Words near bolshevik in the dictionary

  1. bolsas
  2. Bolschevism
  3. Bolser
  4. Bolsers
  5. Bolshesoldatsky
  6. bolshevik
  7. bolsheviki
  8. Bolshevikian
  9. Bolshevikism
  10. bolsheviks
  11. bolshevise

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