Menshevist
(ˈmɛnʃɪvɪst)
[a. Russ. men{p}shev{iacu}st (now disused) Menshevik a. and n.]
A Menshevik; a supporter of Menshevism. Also attrib. or as adj.
| 1919 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Aug. 432/3 A pleasing description of the Menshevists. 1926 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 274 He was known to return in all intricate cases to his menshevist fallacies. 1931 Times 7 Mar. 12/2 The Menshevists had always been opposed to the violent overthrow of the Bolshevists. Ibid., Documentary evidence of the alleged Menshevist propaganda all, strangely enough, got destroyed. |