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   Bol·she·vik

   /ˈbōlSHəˌvik/

   

   noun

   • 1. a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which was renamed the Communist Party after seizing power in the October Revolution of 1917.
   • ▪ (in general use) a person with politically subversive or radical views; a revolutionary.

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or characteristic of Bolsheviks or their views or policies: "the Bolshevik revolution"

   Word Origin Russian, from bolʹshe ‘greater’ (with reference to the greater faction).

   Scrabble Points: 21

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