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contractnik

contractnik is the alternative form of kontraktnik.

Meaning of kontraktnik

Noun

kontraktnik (plural kontraktniks or kontraktniki)

  1. A voluntary professional soldier of Russia under contract (not a conscript soldier).
    • The kontraktniki, some with criminal backgrounds, others veterans of police and military units, are among the most feared of Russian forces, and the ones most often alleged to have committed atrocities.2000 February 28, Olivia Ward, “Nightmare of Russian violence reported by Chechens”, in The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page F10, column 5

Forms of contractnik

pluralcontractniks
pluralcontractniki

Origin of contractnik

Influenced by contract. By surface analysis, contract + -nik.

Questions about contractnik

What is contractnik the alternative form of?
Contractnik is the alternative form of kontraktnik.

Words near contractnik in the dictionary

  1. contractions
  2. contractive
  3. contractivities
  4. contractivity
  5. contractless
  6. contractnik
  7. contractniki
  8. contractniks
  9. contractocracies
  10. contractocracy
  11. contractor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contractnik (page history and authors); kontraktnik (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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