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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Communist.

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  • noun colloquial, army A commercial vehicle.
  • noun pejorative, slang A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.
  • adjective pejorative, slang Communist.
  • noun colloquial, Australia A Holden Commodore.

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  • noun a socialist who advocates communism

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Short for Communist.]

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From communist +‎ -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

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From commercial vehicle

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From Commodore (“name of a car model”) +‎ -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

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