Menshevik

/ˌmɛntʃəˈvɪk/
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Other forms: Mensheviks

Definitions of Menshevik
  1. noun
    a Russian member of the liberal minority group that advocated gradual reform and opposed the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution
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    type of:
    socialist
    a political advocate of socialism
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