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| —n | |
| 1. | a member of a Communist apparat |
| 2. | an official or bureaucrat in any organization |
| [C20 from Russian, from apparat apparatus, instrument + -ckik, suffix denoting agent] | |
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Apparatchik
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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apparatchik
"Communist agent or spy," 1941, originally in writings of Arthur Koestler, from Rus., from apparat "political organization" (see apparat). Rus. pl. is apparatchiki.
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