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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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Ras·pu·tin   (rās-pyōō'tĭn, rə-spōō'tyĭn)   
Russian starets whose magnetic personality and relative success in the treatment of the czarevich's hemophilia gained him favor in the court of Nicholas II. He was assassinated by noblemen who feared that his licentious manner and ignorance would undermine the monarchy.
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Rasputin 
acquired name (Rus., lit. "debauchee") of Grigory Yefimovich Novykh (c.1872-1916), mystic and faith healer who held sway over court of Nicholas II of Russia. His nickname is from his doctrine of "rebirth through sin," that true holy communion must be proceeded by immersion in sin. His name used figuratively in Eng. from 1937 for anyone felt to have an insidious and corrupting influence.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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