Bolshevik
noun
[ ˈbɒlʃɪvɪk ]
• a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917.
Bolshevik
adjective
• relating to or characteristic of Bolsheviks or Bolshevism.
• "the Bolshevik revolution"
Origin:
Russian, from bolʹshe ‘greater’ (with reference to the greater faction).
