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Comintern

noun Com·in·tern \ˈkä-mən-ˌtərn\

Definition of COMINTERN

:  the Communist International established in 1919 and dissolved in 1943
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Origin of COMINTERN

Russian Komintern, from Kommunisticheskiĭ Internatsional Communist International
First Known Use: 1923

Rhymes with COMINTERN

about-turn, in return, on the turn, out of turn, overturn, slash-and-burn, taciturn, to a turn, unconcern

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