soviet
soviet definition
so·viet (sō′vē et′, -it; sō′vē et′)
noun
- any of the various governing councils that performed executive and legislative functions in the Soviet Union: in structure the soviets formed a pyramid, with the village and town soviets as its base and the Supreme Soviet as its apex
- any similar council in a socialist governing system
- the government officials or the people of the Soviet Union, Russia, or Uzbekistan
Etymology: Russ sovyet, council, advice < s(o)-, together (< IE *kom-: see com-) + -vèt, speak, ult. < IE base *weid-, to see, know, make known > wise
adjective
- of a soviet or soviets or government by soviets
- of or connected with the Soviet Union
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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