['s??v??t, 's?v-]
¦ noun
1. an elected local, district, or national council in the former USSR.
a revolutionary council of workers or peasants in Russia before 1917.
2. (Soviet) a citizen of the former USSR.
¦ adjective (Soviet) of or concerning the former USSR.
Derivatives
Sovietism noun
Sovietization or Sovietisation noun
Sovietize or Sovietise verb
Origin
early 20th cent.: from Russ. sovet 'council'.