soviet

soviet
soviet ► NOUN 1) (Soviet) a citizen of the former Soviet Union. 2) an elected council in the former Soviet Union. 3) a revolutionary council of workers or peasants in Russia before 1917.
► ADJECTIVE (Soviet) ▪ of or concerning the former Soviet Union.
DERIVATIVES Sovietism noun Sovietize (also Sovietise) verb.
ORIGIN Russian sovet 'council' .

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