NOMENKLATURA


Meaning of NOMENKLATURA in English

/noh'meuhn klah toor"euh/ , n. , pl. nomenklaturas .

a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, esp. from a Communist Party.

[ 1980-85; nomenklatúra lit., nomenclature ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .