释义 |
oc·to·brist \-brə̇st\ noun (-s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: octobr- (from october) + -ist; translation of Russian oktyabrist 1. : 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 2. [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 |