Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oprichnik

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oprich-nik
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the bodyguard corps established by Tsar Ivan the Terrible to govern a division of Russia from 1565 to 1572.

Etymology

From Russian опри́чник (opríčnik).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: опри́чник

Inflected Forms

oprichniks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

oprichnina

Questions

What does oprichnik mean?: A member of the bodyguard corps established by Tsar Ivan the Terrible to govern a division of Russia from 1565 to 1572.
Where does oprichnik come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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