Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kontraktnik

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kon-trak-t-nik
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A voluntary professional soldier of Russia under contract (not a conscript soldier).

Example Sentences

"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."
"Shortly after, I was saved by women when kontraktniki were about to shoot me."
"There is a lot of concern about conscripts being strong-armed in to signing contracts, becoming kontraktniki."
"The SV manning goal is a total of 350,000 officers, noncommissioned officers (warrant officers), kontraktniki, and conscript soldiers."

Etymology

From Russian контра́ктник (kontráktnik, literally “contractor, contractee”), from контракт (kontrakt, “contract”) + -ник (-nik, “profession, performer”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: контра́ктник

Inflected Forms

kontraktniks (plural) kontraktniki (plural) contractnik (alternative) contraktnik (alternative)

Phrases

-nik

Frequently Paired Words

appeasenik draftnik -nik nogoodnik peacenik refusenik warnik conscript

Questions

What does kontraktnik mean?: A voluntary professional soldier of Russia under contract (not a conscript soldier).
Where does kontraktnik come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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