Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Spartacist
German Bolshevik of November 1918 uprising, 1919, from German Spartakist, from Spartacus (d.71 B.C.E.), Thracian leader of Roman Servile War (73-71 B.C.E.), ultimately from Sparta; the name was adopted 1916 as a pseudonym by Karl Liebknecht in his political tracts; thence Spartacist for the socialist revolutionary group he founded with Rosa Luxemburg and Franz Mehring.
Wikipedia
Spartacist
Spartacist may refer to:
- An ancient supporter of Spartacus, who led a slave rebellion against the Roman Republic
- The Spartacus League, a left-wing Marxist revolutionary movement in Germany during and just after World War I
- The modern Spartacist League, also known as the International Communist League, a Trotskyist international organisation
Usage examples of "spartacist".
In late December under the impact of the Bolshevik Revolution, pressure mounted within the Spartacist League to transform itself from a loose-knit federal organisation into a centralised communist party.