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Reds

The English word “Reds” has 4 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. Synonym of Communist Party in various contexts.
  2. The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore red.
  3. Cincinnati Reds.
  4. Liverpool FC.

Etymology

In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin russātī (“Reddish-Brown-Clads”) or factio russata (“the reddish-brown-clad faction”) and Byzantine Greek Ῥούσιοι (Rhoúsioi, “Reds”).

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