chinovnik
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A minor functionary or mere bureaucrat in the Russian government.
noun
A bureaucrat in the Tsarist Russian government.
Example Sentences
- "Ivan Antonych was probably the only one of the Russian chinovniks in Byeltsy who spoke with the Jewish representatives in a humane way and did not show any favoritism toward the Russian element."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: чиновник