reds

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of red
noun
  1. plural of Red
name
  1. Synonym of Communist Party in various contexts.
  2. Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly red, particularly
  3. The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore red.
  4. Cincinnati Reds.
  5. Liverpool FC.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

reds

Etymology

In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin russātī (“Reddish-Brown-Clads”) or factio russata (“the reddish-brown-clad faction”) and Byzantine Greek Ῥούσιοι (Rhoúsioi, “Reds”).

Synonyms

Communist Party in various contexts

Related words

Derived words

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