Home › Words › O › octobristoctobristoctobrist · noun — A member of the league formed October 1905 in response to imperial policies.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyCalque of Russian октябрист (oktjabrist).nounA member of the league formed October 1905 in response to imperial policies.A member of a Russian communist children's organization founded 1925 and named in honor of the October Revolution.e.g.“They help prepare the children to enter the Octobrists and organize the work of Octobrist groups/” — 1983, Soviet Education - Volume 25, page 95:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).