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Definition of Left-winger
1. Noun. A person who belongs to the political left.
Specialized synonyms: Pink, Pinko
Generic synonyms: Socialist
Derivative terms: Collectivism, Collectivism, Collectivist, Left Wing, Leftism
Definition of Left-winger
1. Noun. A person who espouses left-wing political views. ¹
2. Noun. A person who plays the position of left wing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Left-winger
Literary usage of Left-winger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Mary's Hospital Gazette by St. Mary's Hospital (London, England) (1898)
"Sharpies, the erstwhile speedy Cambridge University left winger, did wonderful
work at b?ck ; his tackling was superb, and seldom indeed was it that any ..."
2. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer on Charges Made Against Department of by Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1920)
"That, further, we should agree with Max Eastman, a left winger of the best kind,
who in the July Liberator, In writing on " The New International," the ..."
3. Confront the Now Create the Future by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"(The Death of a President, p. 271.) And he did. The staunch left-winger for whom
Johnson had wangled a Federal judgeship swore him in as President. ..."
4. African Economic Outlookby African Development Bank by African Development Bank (2002)
"But in March 1998, for the first time, he appointed an opposition figure (and
veteran moderate left-winger), Abderrahmane el- Youssoufi, as Prime Minister. ..."
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