MENSHEVIK


Meaning of MENSHEVIK in English

[ 'mɛnʃɪvɪk ]

■ noun a member of the non-Leninist wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party, defeated by the Bolsheviks in 1917.

Origin

from Russ. Menʻshevik 'a member of the minority', from menʻshe 'less'.

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