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Chekist

Chekist noun: an agent of the Cheka.

Noun

Chekist (plural Chekists)

  1. (historical) An agent of the Cheka.
  2. (broadly, metonymically) A national security official of the KGB, FSB or any of the security services of the Soviet Union or Russian Federation.

Forms of Chekist

pluralChekists
alternative formTchekist

Origin of Chekist

From Russian чеки́ст (čekíst) from Чека́ (Čeká) + -ист (-ist).

Questions about Chekist

What does Chekist mean?
Chekist means an agent of the Cheka.
What part of speech is Chekist?
Chekist is a noun.
What is the plural of Chekist?
The plural of Chekist is Chekists.

Words near Chekist in the dictionary

  1. Chekhovo
  2. cheki
  3. Chekiang
  4. Chekiangese
  5. chekis
  6. Chekist
  7. Chekists
  8. chekmak
  9. Chekoslovakia
  10. Chekoslovakian
  11. cheks

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