left wing

 

noun

(the left wing)
  • 1the 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]
  • 2the left side of a team on the field in soccer, rugby, and field hockey: his usual position on the left wing
  • the left side of an army: the Allied left wing

adjective

  • radical, reforming, or socialist: left-wing activists

Derivatives

left-winger

noun