Bolshevik
noun
Bol·she·vik
ˈbōl-shə-ˌvik 
ˈbȯl-,
ˈbäl-,
-ˌvēk
plural Bolsheviks also Bolsheviki
ˌbōl-shə-ˈvi-kē
ˌbȯl-,
ˌbäl-,
-ˈvē-kē
1
: a member of the extremist wing of the Russian Social Democratic party that seized power in Russia by the Revolution of November 1917
Bolshevik
adjective
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This episode, too, touched upon my family: in 1918, my father, a member of the Royal Naval Reserve, boarded a gunboat on its way to join American, French, and other Allied contingents to fight against Bolshevik forces in Murmansk, one of the towns featured in Taub’s piece.
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The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
In it, McGregor plays Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, an aristocrat who, after returning to Russia from Paris following the October Revolution, is sentenced to house arrest by a Bolshevik tribunal and spends decades in an attic hotel room.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
In 1917, after years of living in exile, Bolshevik leaders returned home.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
This would not be the first time the Pets have gone Bolshevik and made unacceptable political challenges.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Sep. 2024
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The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
In it, McGregor plays Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, an aristocrat who, after returning to Russia from Paris following the October Revolution, is sentenced to house arrest by a Bolshevik tribunal and spends decades in an attic hotel room.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
In 1917, after years of living in exile, Bolshevik leaders returned home.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
This would not be the first time the Pets have gone Bolshevik and made unacceptable political challenges.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Sep. 2024
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Bolshevik
noun
Bol·she·vik
ˈbōl-shə-ˌvik
ˈbȯl-
ˈbȯl-
ˈbäl-,
-ˌvēk
plural Bolsheviks or Bolsheviki
ˌbōl-shə-ˈvik-ē
ˌbȯl-,
ˌbäl-,
-ˈvē-kē
1
: a member of the communist party that seized power in Russia by the Revolution of November 1917
Bolshevik
adjective
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