APPARATCHIK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apparatchik mean? 

• APPARATCHIK (noun)
  The noun APPARATCHIK has 2 senses:

1. a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization)

2. a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party

  Familiarity information: APPARATCHIK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPARATCHIK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

Democratic apparatchiks

Hypernyms ("apparatchik" is a kind of...):

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("apparatchik" is a kind of...):

commie; communist (a socialist who advocates communism)