Bolshevist

[ bohl-shuh-vist, bol- ]

noun

1. a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.
2. (sometimes lowercase) an ultraradical socialist; any political ultraradical.

adjective

1. Bolshevistic.

Other Words From

• anti-Bolshe·vist noun adjective
• non-Bolshe·vist noun
• pro-Bolshe·vist noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bolshevist¹

First recorded in 1915–20; Bolshev(ik) + -ist

Example Sentences

In the late 1920s, Ahn was falsely accused of being a Bolshevist and deported from the United States.

From Los Angeles Times

Scottish Secretary Robert Munro is said to have called the protest "a Bolshevist uprising".

From BBC

One week before the Bolshevist Revolution, in the autumn of 1917, his young wife bore him a second child, a son.

From Literature

The worst of them made up uglier names than Bolshevist even, and allowed the brutal side of their natures to dwell on imaginary enormities which they attributed to the knights.

From Literature

In 1933, Kutscher joined the Nazi literary organization and Mr. Brecht fled to Prague after the Nazis labeled him “a cultural Bolshevist.”

From Wall Street Journal