Definition of Bolshevik
Bolshevik
Bol·she·vik
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party.
e.g. The Bolsheviks seized power in Russia during the October Revolution of 1917.
(adjective)
relating to or resembling the members of the political party that seized control of Russia in 1917 during a revolution and then became the Communist Party, or the beliefs or policies of this party;
e.g. The country was under by Bolshevik control for years.
(noun)
(derogatory) broadly, a person who holds revolutionary political views, typically in terms of favoring radical reform;
e.g. They refused to listen to anything a Bolshevik had to say.
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