English

Noun

Menshevik ‎(plural Mensheviks or Mensheviki)

1. (now chiefly historical) A member of the gradualist or moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party during the years preceding the Russian Revolution, when they split with the Bolsheviks; or a member of a later independent moderate-Marxist party formed in 1917. [from 20th c.]
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 259:

     ‘Better an ultra-leftist than a Menshevik,’ said Rosa Kaletsky.

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See also

• Menshevik on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bolshevik

References

1. ↑ T.F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, ISBN 978-0-19-283098-2; headword Menshevik