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Com⋅so⋅mol

  [kom-suh-mawl, kom-suh-mawl]
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–noun
Komsomol.

Kom⋅so⋅mol

  [kom-suh-mawl, kom-suh-mawl]
–noun (formerly)
1. a communist organization in the Soviet Union for youths 16 years of age and older.
2. a member of this organization. Compare Octobrist (def. 2), Pioneer (def. 6).
Also, Comsomol.

Origin:
< Russ Komsomól, for Kom(munistícheskiĭ) so(yúz) mol(odëzhi) Communist Union of Youth
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Komsomol 
Rus. communist youth organization, 1934, from Rus., contraction of Kommunisticheskii Soyuz Molodezhi "Communist Union of Youth."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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