noun
Meaning 1
A Bolshevik.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, dated, sometimes
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Bolshevist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈbɒlʃəvɪst/
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CMU ARPABET: B OW1 L SH IH0 V IH2 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to Bolshevism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Bolshevik Revolution
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bolshevik, Bolshevistic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bolshevik
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communist, commie
Narrower terms: Bukharin, Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Lenin, Vladimir Lenin, Nikolai Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, Trotsky, Leon Trotsky, Lev Davidovich Bronstein
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian большевист (bolʹševist).