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bolchevique

Bolshevik

noun adjective bohl-cheh-BEE-keh Rare

Origin: From Russian bolshevik (member of the majority), from bolshe (more/bigger).

Usage Note

Bolchevique refers to a member of Lenin's revolutionary faction that seized power in Russia in 1917, or more broadly to a communist revolutionary. The plural is bolcheviques. In informal or polemical Spanish it can be used loosely as an insult meaning radical leftist, much as in English.

Examples

"Los bolcheviques tomaron el poder en octubre de 1917."

Natural Translation

The Bolsheviks seized power in October 1917.

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