apparatchik
Americannoun
noun
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a member of a Communist apparat
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an official or bureaucrat in any organization
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Etymology
Origin of apparatchik
1940–45; < Russian apparátchik, equivalent to apparát apparat + -chik agent suffix
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Example Sentences
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East German Party Apparatchik Rudolf Bahro has dared to argue that a variety of Marxist groups be allowed to challenge the Communist Party's power monopoly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Apparatchik Inevitably, the North Koreans dismissed Nixon as a "notorious war maniac," while the Communist Chinese paired Humphrey and Nixon as "jackals of the same lair."
From Time Magazine Archive
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