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-nik definition

-nik (nik)

one who is or has to do with (the thing specified) beatnik, refusenik

Etymology: < Yiddish (or) < Russ -nik, equiv. to -er

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