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apparatchik

[ah-puh-rah-chik; Russ. uh-puh-raht-chyik]

Origin

noun, plural -chiks; Russian -chi·ki

[-chyi-kyee] .

a member of an apparat, especially in a Communist country.

Origin:
1940–45; < Russian apparátchik, equivalent to apparát apparat + -chik agent suffix

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apparatchik (ˌæpəˈrɑːtʃɪk)

—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

"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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