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Bolshevik \Bolshevik\ adj.
of or pertaining to Bolsheviks or bolshevism. Bolshevik
Revolution

Syn: bolshevik.
[WordNet 1.5] bolshevise


Bolshevik \Bolshevik\ n. [Russian bol'shevik fr. bol'she more
-vik, a person, i.e. one who is a member of the majority (in
the revolutionary Russian parliament).]
1. a member of the extreme left wing of the Social Democratic
Party that seized power in Russia in 1917 after the
Russian October Revolution, and advocated rule by the
proletariat and state ownership of property.

Note: Actually in the minority, this branch seized the
opportunity, when the moderate group walked out, to
proclaim themselves a majority and form a government.
They prevailed in the subsequent civil war.
[PJC]

2. same as {communist}, especially used of Russian
communists.
[PJC]

3. anyone with communist leanings or sympathies; -- used very
loosely in a derogatory sense by some people with
economically conservative views.
[PJC]