n.
Pronunciation: ' b ō l-sh ə - ˌ vik, ' bo ̇ l-, ' bäl-, - ˌ v ē k
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Bolsheviks also Bol · she · vi · ki \ ˌ b ō l-sh ə - ' vi-k ē , ˌ bo ̇ l-, ˌ bäl-, - ' v ē -k ē \
Etymology: Russian bol'shevik, from bol'shi ĭ greater
Date: 1917
1 : a member of the extremist wing of the Russian Social Democratic party that seized power in Russia by the Revolution of November 1917
2 : COMMUNIST 3
– Bolshevik adjective