Bolshevik
A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist…A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917.
» The old Bolshevik couldn't hold back his tears.
Старый большевик не мог сдержать слёз.
Старий більшовик не міг стримати сліз.
Meaning
2 senses(historical)A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917.
a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party
(historical)A member of the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Bolschewik, Bolschewikin, Bolschewist
большеви́кbolʹševík, большеви́чкаbolʹševíčka
більшови́кbilʹšovýk, більшови́чкаbilʹšovýčka
Examples
21 sentencesThe old Bolshevik couldn't hold back his tears.
Старий більшовик не міг стримати сліз. — Dionizio
ruСтарый большевик не мог сдержать слёз. — odexed
Trotsky was a bolshevik.
ruТроцкий был большевиком. — marafon
The Bolsheviks outlawed unions and strikes.
Jews did not direct the Bolsheviks.
The Bolsheviks are extreme in their views.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), from большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó, “majority”).Borrowed from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), from большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó, “majority”).
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Forms
plural: Bolsheviks / BolshevikiSynonyms
5 synonyms- emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries:Marxistredbolshiebolshy
- a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party:Bolshevist
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular