SPARTACIST


Meaning of SPARTACIST in English

[ 'spα:təsɪst , -təkɪst ]

■ noun a member of the Spartacus League, a German revolutionary socialist group founded in 1916.

Origin

from Spartacus , the pseudonym of one of its founders (orig. the name of a rebellious Roman slave).

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