Comintern

or Kom·in·tern

[ kom-in-turn, kom-in-turn ]
/ ˈkɒm ɪnˌtɜrn, ˌkɒm ɪnˈtɜrn /

noun

Third International.

Origin of Comintern

< Russian Komintérn, for Kommunistícheskiĭ Internatsionál Communist International

Example sentences from the Web for comintern

  • The American Ambassador's daughter here told him that you are an agent of the Comintern.

    The Five Arrows |Allan Chase

  • But selling to the New Yorker is the latest orders from the Comintern.

    Class of '29 |Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings

British Dictionary definitions for comintern

Comintern

Komintern

/ (ˈkɒmɪnˌtɜːn) /

noun

short for Communist International : an international Communist organization founded by Lenin in Moscow in 1919 and dissolved in 1943; it degenerated under Stalin into an instrument of Soviet politics Also called: Third International