OCTOBRIST


Meaning of OCTOBRIST in English

/ok toh"brist/ , n.

1. a member of a Russian political party that advocated constitutional monarchism: so called because it was organized after the Czar's manifesto in October, 1905.

2. (formerly) a member of a communist organization in the Soviet Union for children ranging in age from eight to ten. Cf. Komsomol, Pioneer .

[ trans. of Russ oktyabríst ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .