: a member of a moderately liberal political party in czarist Russia whose principles of constitutional government and measures of reform were expressed in an imperial manifesto of October, 1905
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[translation of Russian oktyabrenok; from the Russian Communist revolution that began on October 25, 1917, Old Style (November 7, New Style)]: a member of a Russian Communist youth organization with members between the ages of 8 and 10 compare pioneer
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Etymology
octobr- (from october) + -ist; translation of Russian oktyabrist
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