apparatchik

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
2. (broadly) A blindly loyal bureaucrat.

Sinonieme

bureaucrat

penpusher

Vertalings

apparatchik

Apparatschik

apparatchik

apparatcik

apparatchik

apparatsjik

apparatčik

aparatchik

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/apəˈɹatʃɪk/

Etimologie (Engels)

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