n. & adj.
n. 1 hist. a member of the radical faction of the Russian socialist party, which became the communist party in 1918. 2 a Russian communist. 3 (in general use) any revolutionary socialist.
adj. 1 of, relating to, or characteristic of the Bolsheviks. 2 communist. Bolshevism n. Bolshevist n.
[ Russ., = a member of the majority, one who (in 1903) favoured extreme measures, f. bol' she greater ]