Bolshie (Noun)
Meaning
Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The government officially disbanded the group, labeling its members as bolshies bent on destabilizing the economy.
- Following the protests, the mayor refused to meet with what he deemed the bolshie faction of the union.
- Her critics described her as a bolshie activist with a personal vendetta against big business.
- In his memoir, the former premier wrote about the tumultuous times when bolshies were threatening to derail the entire government.
- Under no circumstances would the police negotiate with the bolshies, declared the chief of police, as he dispatched riot control to the demonstration.