apparatchiki

Variant of apparatchik

apparatchik definition

ap·pa·rat·chik (äp′ə rä′c̸hik)

noun pl. apparatchiks -·chiks or apparatchiki -·chiki (-c̸hi kē)

  1. a member, esp. an official, of a Communist Party
  2. a member of any political organization; esp., a bureaucrat

Etymology: Russ < apparat

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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