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Potëmkin

[ poh-tem-kin, puh-; Russian puh-tyawm-kyin ]

noun

  1. Prince Gri·go·ri A·le·ksan·dro·vich [prins, gri-, gawr, -ee al-ig-, zan, -dr, uh, -vich, -, zahn, -, gryi-, gaw, -ryee uh-lyi-, ksahn, -dr, uh, -vyich], 1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.


Potemkin

/ paˈtjɔmkin; pɒˈtɛmkɪn /

noun

  1. PotemkinGrigori Aleksandrovich17391791MRussianMILITARY: soldierPOLITICS: statesman Grigori Aleksandrovich (ɡriˈɡɔrij alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1739–91, Russian soldier and statesman; lover of Catherine II, whose favourite he remained until his death, and who is reputed to have erected sham villages along the route of the Empress's 1787 tour of the Crimea
  2. apparently impressive but actually sham or artificial

    North Korea's Potemkin hospital

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Potemkin distillers are going to have all the juice they need for years to come.

It's as Potemkin Village-ish a piece of journalistic writing as I've seen in a long time.

No one outside Limbaughland or Trumpville, Potemkin villages where no one will vote for Obama anyway, credited the humbug.

The lobbyist-journalist-politician scandal has dynamited the Potemkin village that is Indian journalism.

It was a Potemkin Village of technology, camera-ready but a long way short of leaving the ground.

Catherine's favourite, Potemkin, full of valorous confidence, is encouraging his Empress: 'A million roubles she'll win!

Potemkin, your invincible feeder, will back you to the last.'

Potemkin, who was then at the head of the Russian army, dreaded Catharine's displeasure should she be disappointed the third time.

At that moment a courier rode up at full speed with dispatches from Potemkin.

Potemkin, under whose orders Jones stood, was of a thoroughly despotic type.

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