Antedating of "Maoist"

[Fred Shapiro]

Maoist (OED3 1951)

1949 _Christian Science Monitor_ 11 Oct. 1 (ProQuest)  Perhaps the newly
converted Maoists soon will realize the impropriety of remaining in an
embassy situated on Avenue George V.

Fred Shapiro


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