English Explanatory Dictionary

kontraktnik

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A voluntary professional soldier of Russia under contract (not a conscript soldier).

Word forms

kontraktnik kontraktniks kontraktniki contractnik contraktnik

Etymology

From Russian контра́ктник (kontráktnik, literally “contractor, contractee”), from контракт (kontrakt, “contract”) + -ник (-nik, “profession, performer”).

Related words

appeasenik draftnik -nik nogoodnik peacenik refusenik warnik
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