Bolshevik (ˈbɒlʃɪvɪk) ![]() | |
| —n , pl -viks, -viki | |
| 1. | Compare Menshevik (formerly) a Russian Communist |
| 2. | any Communist |
| 3. | jocular, derogatory (often not capital) any political radical, esp a revolutionary |
| [C20: from Russian Bol'shevik majority, from bol'shoi great; from the fact that this group formed a majority of the Russian Social Democratic Party in 1903] | |
| 'Bolshevism | |
| —n | |
| 'Bolshevist | |
| —adj, —n | |
| Bolshe'vistic | |
| —adj | |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |