apparatchik
/ɑːpəˈɹɑːt͡ʃɪk/ · noun
Meaning
- A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
- A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
Etymology / origin
From Russian аппара́тчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”), from аппара́т (apparát, “apparat, apparatus (of state)”) + suffix -чик (-čik).
- аппара́тчик(ru)→
- apparatchik (English)
- Relations: bor
Related words
Descendant words
- aparatsik(Tagalog) (bor)
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