chinovnik

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noun

A minor functionary or mere bureaucrat in the Russian government.

OriginRussian чиновник →
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Meanings

nounchinovnik (plural chinovniks)

plural chinovniks · alternative tchinovnik

  1. A minor functionary or mere bureaucrat in the Russian government.
  2. historicalA bureaucrat in the Tsarist Russian government.

    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.

    1998, Nikolai Bukharin, How It All Began: The Prison Novel, page 50

Origin

  1. Russianчиновник
  2. Englishchinovnik

Borrowed from Russian чиновник (činovnik).

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Translations

Hungarian csinovnyik
  • csinovnyikTranslations
Polish czynownik
  • czynownikTranslations
Russian чиновник
  • чиновник (činovnik)Translations
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APA

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“chinovnik.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinovnik. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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