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apparatchik

[ ah-puh-rah-chik; Russian uh-puh-raht-chyik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural ap·pa·rat·chiks; Russian ap·pa·rat·chi·ki [uh-puh-, raht, -chyi-kyee].

apparatchik

/ ˌæpəˈrɑːtʃɪk /

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

C20 from Russian, from apparat apparatus, instrument + -ckik , suffix denoting agent

The rumor among the apparatchik was that Faulconer only attached himself to the No on Prop.

Two years ago, a Party apparatchik surveyed the site of a fatal traffic accident… with a smile on his face.

Rivals tagged her an apparatchik, an heiress, handpicked by a mayor/mentor said to nickname her “ma petite Anne,” my little Anne.

A Rockefeller Republican-turned-Reaganite, Newt aspired to be a back-room apparatchik rather than a demagogue.

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