noun
- a member of the political Left or a person sympathetic to its views.
adjective
- of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or advocated by the political Left.
adjective
- of, tending towards, or relating to the political left or its principles
noun
- a person who supports or belongs to the political left
adj.1897, from left (adj.) in the political sense + -ist. One who holds a left-wing viewpoint; someone who seeks radical social and economic change in the direction of greater equality.