Still Further Antedating of "Communist"

Fred Shapiro fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Mon Jul 31 02:27:21 UTC 2006


communist (OED 1842)

1841 _Times_ 18 June 11 (Times Digital Archive)  In the cards of
invitation issued by you, you do not hesitate to take the name of
Communist.

Fred Shapiro


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