Definitions for Bolshevik

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Bolshevik Bol·she·vik

Spelling: [bohl-shuh-vik, bol-; Russian b Bolshevik is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points.

You can make 322 anagrams from letters in Bolshevik (behiklosv).

Definitions for Bolshevik

noun

1. a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
2. (loosely) a member of any Communist party.
3. (often lowercase) Disparaging. a contemptuous term used to refer to an extreme radical or revolutionary.

Origin of Bolshevik

1915-20; Russian bolʾshevík, equivalent to bólʾsh(iĭ) larger, greater (comparative of bolʾshóĭ large; compare bolʾshinstvó majority) + -evik, variant of -ovik noun suffix; cf. Examples for Bolshevik

The Bolshevik Revolution stamped out the city's vibrant and multilingual character.

I did not fear him because I saw that he was not a Bolshevik and later had confirmation of this.

In Russia "Bolshevik" means majority, and "Menshevik" minority.

After the October 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, Russia was too much of a mess to keep fighting Germany.

Gay cannot be a Bolshevik, because he is too well educated and too clever for it.

It was only a matter of moments until the whole Bolshevik band would be upon him.

The only major difference between Trotsky and his fellow Bolshevik leaders was that he never got the chance to wield total power.

The vice president of Iran announces that no Jews were killed during the Bolshevik Revolution.

The Bolshevik band will be here in less than twenty-four hours.

It just doesn't fit with what real people do, in real life, no more than the Bolshevik 'Soviet man' is real.