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Old Bolshevik

Old Bolshevik noun: a member of the Bolsheviks whose party membership dated to before the October Revolution.

Noun

Old Bolshevik (plural Old Bolsheviks)

  1. (historical) A member of the Bolsheviks whose party membership dated to before the October Revolution.
    • There was no active opposition to the adored dictator, but there were many in the party, especially Old Bolsheviks, who paid him due honour but were not bound to him heart and soul.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in...

Forms of Old Bolshevik

pluralOld Bolsheviks

Questions about Old Bolshevik

What does Old Bolshevik mean?
Old Bolshevik means a member of the Bolsheviks whose party membership dated to before the October Revolution.
What part of speech is Old Bolshevik?
Old Bolshevik is a noun.
What is the plural of Old Bolshevik?
The plural of Old Bolshevik is Old Bolsheviks.

Words near Old Bolshevik in the dictionary

  1. Old Bering Sea
  2. Old Bill
  3. Old Blighty
  4. Old Blue
  5. Old Bolingbroke
  6. Old Bolshevik
  7. Old Bonalbo
  8. Old Bourbon
  9. old boy
  10. old boy network
  11. old boy networks

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