noun
Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)
• Syn: ↑Leon Trotsky, ↑Lev Davidovich Bronstein
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Trotskyist
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Bolshevik, ↑Bolshevist, ↑revolutionist, ↑revolutionary, ↑subversive, ↑subverter
Useful english dictionary. 2012.