Grigori Rasputin

[ra-spyoo-tin, -tn; Russ. ruh-spoo-tyin]

Ra·spu·tin

[ra-spyoo-tin, -tn; Russ. ruh-spoo-tyin]
noun
1.
Gri·go·ri E·fi·mo·vich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich; Russ. gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] , 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
2.
any person who exercises great but insidious influence.
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