Vishinsky

[vi-shin-skee; Russ. vi-shin-skyee]

Vi·shin·sky

[vi-shin-skee; Russ. vi-shin-skyee]
noun
An·drei Ya·nu·a·rie·vich [uhn-dryey yi-noo-ah-ryi-vyich] , 1883–1954, Soviet statesman.
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Vishinsky is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Vishinsky (Russian viˈʃinskij)
 
n
a variant spelling of (Andrei Yanuaryevich) Vyshinsky

Vyshinsky or Vishinsky (Russian viˈʃinskij)
 
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Andrei Yanuaryevich (anˈdrjej jənuˈarjɪvitʃ). 1883--1954, Soviet jurist, statesman, and diplomat; foreign minister (1949--53). He was public prosecutor (1935--38) at the trials held to purge Stalin's rivals and was the Soviet representative at the United Nations (1945--49; 1953--54)
 
Vishinsky or Vishinsky
 
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