Spartacist


Spartacist

(ˈspɑːtəsɪst) n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member of a group of German radical socialists formed in 1916 and in 1919 becoming the German Communist Party, led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg[C20: from the pen name Spartacus adopted by Karl Liebknecht]

Spartacist

1. a member of a German socialist party founded in 1918.
2. an extreme socialist. [Allusion to Spartacus, leader of a slave revolt against Rome, 73-71 B.C.]See also: Politics