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chinovnik

chinovnik noun: a minor functionary or mere bureaucrat in the Russian government.

Noun

chinovnik (plural chinovniks)

  1. A minor functionary or mere bureaucrat in the Russian government.
  2. (historical) A bureaucrat in the Tsarist Russian government.
    • Ivan Antonych was probably the only one of the Russian chinovniks in Byeltsy who spoke with the Jewish representatives in a humane way and did not show any favoritism toward the Russian element.1998, Nikolai Bukharin, How It All Began: The Prison Novel, page 50

Forms of chinovnik

pluralchinovniks
alternative formtchinovnik

Origin of chinovnik

Borrowed from Russian чиновник (činovnik).

Questions about chinovnik

What does chinovnik mean?
Chinovnik means a minor functionary or mere bureaucrat in the Russian government.
What part of speech is chinovnik?
Chinovnik is a noun.
What is the plural of chinovnik?
The plural of chinovnik is chinovniks.

Words near chinovnik in the dictionary

  1. Chinookanists
  2. chinooks
  3. chinos
  4. Chinovela
  5. Chinovelas
  6. chinovnik
  7. chinovniks
  8. chinovose
  9. Chinoy
  10. Chinoys
  11. chinpiece

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