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plural Trotskyites
(derogatory) An advocate of the communist doctrines of Leon Trotsky (born Lev Davidovich Bronstein). quotations examples
A great number of disillusioned young men in the Western world are saying now that it is Stalin who is to blame and proclaiming themselves Trotskyites.
1939, H. G. Wells, The Fate of Man, Section 21
(derogatory) Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating the doctrines of Leon Trotsky. quotations examples
[…] [her] father had fought in the Lincoln Brigade but now provided janitorial supplies to factories by day and attended Trotskyite meetings by night […]
1988, Edmund White, chapter 1, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994