Lenin

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É›nɪn

Origin

Transliteration of Russian Ленин

Full definition of Lenin

Proper noun

1. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.
• 2011 Christine Dwyer Hickey, The Cold Eye of Heaven, Atlantic Books, ISBN 978 0857890306, page 117:'He means the other Lennon,' Slowey's voice said. ' John Lennon from the Beatles.' And Farley saw him then, on the bend of the counter smoking a cigar. Slowey then turned to the barman, '... and he means the other Lenin, you know, the Russian revolutionary?'

Derived terms

• Leningrad
• Leninian
• Leninism
• Leninite

Anagrams

• linen