• Trotskyite

    Origin

    en + -Trotsky + ite

    Full definition of Trotskyite

    Noun

    Trotskyite

    (plural Trotskyites)
    1. An advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky (born Lev Davidovich Bronstein).

    Adjective

    adjective

    1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating the doctrines of Leon Trotsky.
      • 1988, Edmund White, The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, 1994, Chapter One,... her father had fought in the Lincoln Brigade but now provided janitorial supplies to factories by day and attended Trotskyite meetings by night ...

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