Definition of Left-winger

1. Noun. A person who belongs to the political left.

Exact synonyms: Collectivist, Leftist
Specialized synonyms: Pink, Pinko
Generic synonyms: Socialist
Derivative terms: Collectivism, Collectivism, Collectivist, Left Wing, Leftism

Definition of Left-winger

1. Noun. A person who espouses left-wing political views. ¹

2. Noun. A person who plays the position of left wing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Left-winger

left-hander
left-handers
left-luggage office
left-luggage offices
left-of-center
left-of-centre
left-over
left-sided appendicitis
left-sided heart failure
left-sidedness
left-slanting
left-to-right shunt
left-to-right shunts
left-wing
left-winger (current term)
left-wingers
left alone
left and right
left arm orthodox
left arm unorthodox
left atrial pressure
left atrioventricular valve
left atrium
left atrium of the heart
left atriums
left auricular appendage
left axis deviation
left back
left backs

Literary usage of Left-winger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Mary's Hospital Gazette by St. Mary's Hospital (London, England) (1898)
"Sharpies, the erstwhile speedy Cambridge University left winger, did wonderful work at b?ck ; his tackling was superb, and seldom indeed was it that any ..."

2. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer on Charges Made Against Department of by Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1920)
"That, further, we should agree with Max Eastman, a left winger of the best kind, who in the July Liberator, In writing on " The New International," the ..."

3. Confront the Now Create the Future by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"(The Death of a President, p. 271.) And he did. The staunch left-winger for whom Johnson had wangled a Federal judgeship swore him in as President. ..."

4. African Economic Outlookby African Development Bank by African Development Bank (2002)
"But in March 1998, for the first time, he appointed an opposition figure (and veteran moderate left-winger), Abderrahmane el- Youssoufi, as Prime Minister. ..."

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