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Bolshevik(dictionary)
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Bolshevik(dictionary)

toadstone(2) (iou) and Bolshevik (iou)


toadstone(2) (iou)



toadstone noun2. local. L18.
[Perh. repr. German to(d)tes Gestein dead rock.]
A dark brownish-grey vesicular basalt, occurring in the metalliferous limestone area of Derbyshire, England.

Bolshevik (iou)



Bolshevik noun & adjective. E20.
[Russian bol'shevik = member of the majority, from bol'she greater from bol'shou big.]
A. noun.
Hist. A member of the majority faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Party, which in 1903 favoured extreme measures; an advocate of proletarian dictatorship in Russia by soviets; a Russian Communist. Cf. MENSHEVIK noun. E20.
gen. A socialist revolutionary. E20.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to Bolsheviks or Bolshevism. E20.
Bolshevism noun the doctrine and practices of the Bolsheviks; revolutionary communism: E20.
Bolshevist noun & adjective = BOLSHEVIK E20.
Bolshevize verb trans. make Bolshevik; convert (a country etc.) to Bolshevik government: E20.