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Definition of politbureau - 3 dictionary results

Po⋅lit⋅bu⋅ro

  [pol-it-byoor-oh, poh-lit-, puh-lit-]
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–noun
(often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist party.
Also, Po⋅lit⋅bu⋅reau.

Origin:
< Russ politbyuró, shortening of politícheskoe byuró political bureau
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politburo [(pol-it-byoor-oh, poh-lit-byoor-oh)]

A commonly used name for those who made the major governmental decisions in the former Soviet Union. A politburo, in general, is the chief committee of a communist party.

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Word Origin & History

Politbureau 
"highest policy-making committee of the U.S.S.R.," 1927, from Rus. politbyuro, from polit(icheskoe) "political" + byuro "bureau."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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