Spartacist

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noun

A supporter of Spartacus, who led a slave rebellion against the ancient Roman Empire.

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Spartacide
OriginGerman Spartakist →
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Meanings

Spartacist1

nounSpartacist (plural Spartacists)

plural Spartacists

  1. historicalA supporter of Spartacus, who led a slave rebellion against the ancient Roman Empire.

Spartacist2

nounSpartacist (plural Spartacists)

plural Spartacists

  1. historicalA member of the Spartacus League, a left-wing Marxist revolutionary movement in Germany during and just after World War I.

    Synonyms: Spartacide

  2. A member of the modern Spartacist League, or International Communist League, a Trotskyist international organisation.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA member of the Spartacus League, a left-wing Marxist revolutionary movement in Germany during and just after World War I.

Similar
Spartacide
Also see
spartacide

Origin

Spartacist · noun

From Spartacus + -ist.

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Spartacist · noun

  1. GermanSpartakist
  2. EnglishSpartacist

From German Spartakist, from Spartakus (pen name of the Spartacus League’s co-founder Karl Liebknecht) + -ist; equivalent to Spartacus + -ist.

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Translations

Catalan espartaquista
  • espartaquistasupporter of Spartacus
Finnish spartakisti, spartakisti
  • spartakistimember of Spartacus League in Germany
  • spartakistimember of modern Spartacist League
French spartakiste
  • spartakistesupporter of Spartacus
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Spartacist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spartacist

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“Spartacist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spartacist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Spartacist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spartacist.

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