apparatchik

[ ah-puh-rah-chik; Russian uh-puh-raht-chyik ]
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noun,plural ap·pa·rat·chiks; Russian ap·pa·rat·chi·ki [uh-puh-raht-chyi-kyee]. /ʌ pʌˈrɑt tʃyɪ kyi/.
  1. a member of an apparat, especially in a Communist country.

Origin of apparatchik

1
1940–45; <Russian apparátchik, equivalent to apparátapparat + -chik agent suffix

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British Dictionary definitions for apparatchik

apparatchik

/ (ˌæpəˈrɑːtʃɪk) /


noun
  1. a member of a Communist apparat

  2. an official or bureaucrat in any organization

Origin of apparatchik

1
C20 from Russian, from apparat apparatus, instrument + -ckik, suffix denoting agent

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