LEON TROTSKY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)

Synonyms:

Leon Trotsky; Lev Davidovich Bronstein; Trotsky

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Bolshevik; Bolshevist (a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party)

revolutionary; revolutionist; subversive; subverter (a radical supporter of political or social revolution)

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