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Definition of politburo - 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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pol·it·bu·ro   (pŏl'ĭt-byŏŏr'ō, pə-lĭt'-)   
n.   pl. pol·it·bu·ros
The chief political and executive committee of a Communist party.

[Russian, contraction of Polit(icheskoe) Byuro, 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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