left wing

  • noun 1 the radical, reforming, or socialist section of a political party or system. with reference to the National Assembly in France (1789-91), where the nobles sat to the president’s right and the commons to the left. 2 the left side of a sports team on the field or of an army.

  — DERIVATIVES left-winger noun.

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