EnglishLearner.com
  • Dictionary
  • List of exercises
  • Exercises by level
    • Beginner exercises
    • Intermediate exercises
    • Advanced exercises
  • Dictionary
  • List of exercises
  • Exercises by level+
    • Beginner exercises
    • Intermediate exercises
    • Advanced exercises

Meaning of Bolshevik in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈboʊlʃəˌvɪk/

    US accent Play buttonYour browser does not support the audio element.

    How to pronounce bolshevik in American English, in context ▾
    Use the controls below Controls button to browse different examples of pronunciation.

    UK accent Play buttonYour browser does not support the audio element.

    How to pronounce bolshevik in British English, in context ▾
    Use the controls below Controls button to browse different examples of pronunciation.
  1. Noun

    Bolshevik

    Etymology

    Russian, from bolʹshe‘greater’ (with reference to the greater faction)

    Definitions

    1. emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

    Derived terms

    • bolshevise
    • bolshevize
    • communise
    • communize
  2. 2. a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party

    Derived terms

    • bolshevise
    • bolshevize
    • communise
    • communize
  3. Qualitative Adjective

    Bolshevik

    Definitions

    1. of or relating to Bolshevism

    Examples

    • « Bolshevik Revolution »

Browse dictionary

  • bolo tie
  • bolo knife
  • boloney
  • bolometric
  • Bolshevik
  • bolshevise
  • Bolshevism
  • Bolshevist
  • Bolshevistic
Copyright © EnglishLearner.com 1998-2021