Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tankist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tankist
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of tanker (“operator of a military tank”).

Etymology

tank + -ist. Likely under influence from Russian танки́ст (tankíst).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

tankists (plural)

Synonyms

tanker

Questions

What does tankist mean?
Synonym of tanker (“operator of a military tank”).
Where does tankist come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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