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.
Derivatives:
Bolshevism n. Bolshevist n.
Etymology: Russ., a member of the majority, one who (in 1903) favoured extreme measures, f. bol' she greater