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raskol

raskol noun: a criminal in Papua New Guinea, sometimes operating as part of a gang.

Noun

raskol (plural raskols)

  1. A criminal in Papua New Guinea, sometimes operating as part of a gang.

Proper noun capitalized: Raskol

Raskol

  1. (historical) A mid-17th-century schism that split the Russian Orthodox Church into an official church and the Old Believers movement, triggered by the reforms of Patriarch Nikon in 1653, which aimed to establish uniformity between Greek and Russian church practices.

Forms of raskol

pluralraskols

Origin of raskol

Reborrowed from Tok Pisin, from English rascal.

From Russian раскол (raskol).

Questions about raskol

What does raskol mean?
Raskol means a criminal in Papua New Guinea, sometimes operating as part of a gang.
What part of speech is raskol?
Raskol can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of raskol?
The plural of raskol is raskols.

Words near raskol in the dictionary

  1. Raskas
  2. Raskelf
  3. Raskin
  4. Raskind
  5. Raskins
  6. raskol
  7. Raskolnik
  8. Raskolniki
  9. Raskolnikovian
  10. Raskolniks
  11. raskols

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