apparatchik

Meaning

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

Translations

Apparatschik

apparatchik

apparatsjik

apparatčik

Pronounced as (IPA)
/apəˈɹatʃɪk/
Etymology

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

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