left-winger

noun

left-wing·​er

-ŋə(r)

plural -s

1

: a member of a left wing

the Labor left-wingers claim the walkout as a victory for themselves

—Irish Statesman

2

: leftist

nearly all English left-wingers, from Laborites to Anarchists

—George Orwell

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