Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doukhobor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: doukho-bor
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a religious group of Russian origin who rejected the Czarist government of the late 1800s and Russian Orthodox priests, icons, and rituals, aiming to internalize the living spirit of God in each individual.

Etymology

From Russian Духобор (Duxobor, “spirit wrestler”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Духобор

Inflected Forms

Doukhobors (plural) Doukhobortsy (plural) Dukhobor (alternative)

Questions

What does doukhobor mean?: A member of a religious group of Russian origin who rejected the Czarist government of the late 1800s and Russian Orthodox priests, icons, and rituals, aiming to internalize the living spirit of God in each individual.
Where does doukhobor come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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