[Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Communist" (Adjective)

[Shapiro, Fred]

Communist, adj. (OED 1840 [1 Aug.])

1840 Courier (London) 28 July 1/5 (Social History Archive)

A Communist orator received a blow on the face while in the act of protesting against the doctrines of the National as aristocratic.

Fred Shapiro

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