English Explanatory Dictionary

tolkach

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In the Soviet Union, an employee whose role was to use informal connections to make it possible for their enterprise to meet or manipulate the government-imposed targets.

Word forms

tolkach tolkachs tolkachi tolkachy

Etymology

Etymology tree Russian толкать (tolkatʹ) Old East Slavic -ачь (-ačĭ) Russian -ач (-ač) Russian толкач (tolkač)bor. English tolkach Borrowed from Russian толкач (tolkač).

Synonyms

pusher
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