See Also: Spartacist(dictionary)

Spartacist (iou)



Spartacist noun & adjective. E20.
[German Spartakist, from Spartacus pen-name of one of the founders of the party (see below), after the leader of the slave revolt against Rome 73-71 BC.]
Hist. (Designating) a member of a German radical socialist party formed in 1916 and dedicated to ending the war of 1914-18 through revolution.
Spartacism noun the policy and principles of the Spartacists E20.