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polyarnik

polyarnik noun: a polar explorer from the Soviet Union.

Noun

polyarnik (plural polyarniks or polyarniki)

  1. (historical) A polar explorer from the Soviet Union.
    • And so, in the words of Soviet polyarniks (polar men), the Alekseyev beacon received a "higher education."1947, Research Memorandum, volume 5623, number 5327, page 10
    • If this was his first year in the polar regions, the polyarnik would receive only the minimum increment [...]1989, Gilbert Dewart, Antarctic Comrades: An American with the Russians in Antarctica
  2. A polar explorer from Russia.

polyarnik meaning in Marathi

polyarnik in Marathi

polar explorer from the Soviet Union
पोल्यारनिक polyārnik

Examples of polyarnik in a sentence

  • Only a small proportion of aspiring Polyarniks were accepted.2002, Charles Swithinbank, Vodka on Ice, page 112:
  • He is not a specialist, and not a polyarnik.2009, Alekseĭ Mikhaĭlovich Ermolaev, William Barr, Vitaliĭ Davydovich Dibner, Arctic Scientist, Gulag Survivor:
  • Mazuruk, later wrote: So Stalin needed the polyarniki, but at the same time he could not trust them any more than he could other Soviet citizens.2022, From Northeast Passage to Northern Sea Route:

Forms of polyarnik

pluralpolyarniks
pluralpolyarniki

Origin of polyarnik

Borrowed from Russian поля́рник (poljárnik, literally “polar man”).

Questions about polyarnik

What does polyarnik mean?
Polyarnik means a polar explorer from the Soviet Union.
What is polyarnik in Marathi?
Polyarnik in Marathi is पोल्यारनिक (polyārnik). See Polyarnik meaning in Marathi.
How do you use polyarnik in a sentence?
Only a small proportion of aspiring Polyarniks were accepted.
What part of speech is polyarnik?
Polyarnik is a noun.
What is the plural of polyarnik?
The plural of polyarnik is polyarniks.

Words near polyarnik in the dictionary

  1. polyarginines
  2. polyargite
  3. polyargites
  4. polyargyrite
  5. polyargyrites
  6. polyarnik
  7. Polyarny
  8. polyaromatic
  9. polyaromatic hydrocarbon
  10. polyaromatics
  11. polyarsenite

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