English Explanatory Dictionary

Skutnik

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. A guest at the State of the Union address or a similar political event.

Word forms

Skutnik Skutniks

Etymology

The name is thought to derive from Romanian scuti (“to absolve”); compare Romanian Scutelnici. The common noun comes from Martin Leonard Skutnik III, a guest at the 1982 State of the Union address; see quotations below.

Synonyms

Lenny Skutnik
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