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so⋅vi⋅et

  [soh-vee-et, -it, soh-vee-et]
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–noun
1. (in the Soviet Union).
a. (before the revolution) any governmental council.
b. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
c. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
2. any similar council or assembly connected with a socialistic governmental system elsewhere.
3. (initial capital letter) Often, Soviets. a governing official or person living in the Soviet Union: The Soviets have denied our charge.
–adjective
4. of or pertaining to a soviet.
5. (initial capital letter) of the Soviet Union: a Soviet statesman.
Origin:
1915–20; < Russ sovét council, counsel, advice, ORuss, OCS sŭvětŭ, equiv. to sŭ- together, with + větŭ counsel; calque of Gk symboúlion

Related forms:
so⋅vi⋅et⋅dom  [soh-vee-et-duhm, -it-, soh-vee-et-] , noun
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so·vi·et   (sō'vē-ět', -ĭt, sŏv'ē-, sō'vē-ět')   
n.  

  1. One of the popularly elected legislative assemblies that existed at local, regional, and national levels in the former Soviet Union.

  2. Soviet A native or inhabitant of the former Soviet Union.

adj.  

  1. often Soviet Of or relating to the former Soviet Union.

  2. Of or relating to a soviet.


[Russian sovet, council, soviet, from Old Russian sŭvětŭ; see ksun in Indo-European roots.]
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