English Explanatory Dictionary

apparatchik

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
  2. A blindly loyal bureaucrat.

Pronunciation

/ɑːpəˈɹɑːt͡ʃɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-apparatchik.wav /æpəˈɹæt͡ʃɪk/

Word forms

apparatchik apparatchiks apparatchiki

Etymology

From Russian аппара́тчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”), from аппара́т (apparát, “apparat, apparatus (of state)”) + suffix -чик (-čik).

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