Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chekist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
chek-ist
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An agent of the Cheka.

noun

A national security official of the KGB, FSB or any of the security services of the Soviet Union or Russian Federation.

Etymology

From Russian чеки́ст (čekíst) from Чека́ (Čeká) + -ист (-ist).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: чеки́ст

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

Chekists (plural) Tchekist (alternative)

Questions

What does chekist mean?
An agent of the Cheka.
Where does chekist come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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