Menshevik
/ˈmenʃəvɪk/noun
- historical a member of the non-Leninist wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party, opposed to the Bolsheviks and defeated by them after the overthrow of the tsar in 1917〈史〉孟什维克(俄国社会民主工党内非列宁派成员, 反对布尔什维克派, 1917年沙皇倒台后被布尔什维克派打败)。
词源
from Russian Men'shevik 'a member of the minority', from men'she 'less'. Lenin coined the name at a time when the party was (untypically) in the minority for a brief period.