bolshie

English

Etymology

From Bolshevik (Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), the socialist party in the 1918 Russian Revolution, from Russian Bolsheviki, "majority faction"), +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒl.ʃi/

Noun

bolshie (plural bolshies)

  1. (derogatory, Britain, dated) A government leftist, especially a communist, socialist, or labour union leader.

Adjective

bolshie (comparative bolshier, superlative bolshiest)

  1. (Britain) Difficult or rebellious.
    • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 16,
      Rachel came in, and Nick felt he'd been caught larking about, Catherine squashing him like some bolshie teenage attempt at seduction.
    Kate, don't be so bolshie!

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