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noun
A supporter of Spartacus, who led a slave rebellion against the ancient Roman Empire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A member of the Spartacus League, a left-wing Marxist revolutionary movement in Germany during and just after World War I.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: Spartacide
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noun
A member of the modern Spartacist League, or International Communist League, a Trotskyist international organisation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Spartacus + -ist.
From German Spartakist, from Spartakus (pen name of the Spartacus League’s co-founder Karl Liebknecht) + -ist; equivalent to Spartacus + -ist.
Across languages
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