/ah'peuh rah"chik/ ; Russ. /u pu rddaht"chyik/ , n. , pl. apparatchiks; Russ. apparatchiki /-chyi kyee/ .
a member of an apparat, esp. in a Communist country.
[ 1940-45; apparátchik, equiv. to apparát APPARAT + -chik agent suffix ]
/ah'peuh rah"chik/ ; Russ. /u pu rddaht"chyik/ , n. , pl. apparatchiks; Russ. apparatchiki /-chyi kyee/ .
a member of an apparat, esp. in a Communist country.
[ 1940-45; apparátchik, equiv. to apparát APPARAT + -chik agent suffix ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012