Chekist

English

Etymology

From Russian чеки́ст (čekíst) from Чека́ (Čeká) +‎ -ист (-ist).

Noun

Chekist (plural Chekists)

(historical) An agent of the Cheka, the Soviet Russian secret police from 1917 to 1922, replacing the Okhrana secret police of Tsarist Russia; succeeded by the OGPU and NKVD.
(by extension, metonymically) A national security official of the KGB, FSB or any of the state security intelligence agencies of the Soviet Union or Russian Federation.

Alternative forms

Tchekist

Translations

agent of the Cheka

Armenian: չեկիստ (hy) (čʻekist)
Belarusian: чэкі́ст m (čekíst), чэкі́стка f (čekístka)
Czech: čekista m anim, čekistka f
Estonian: tšekist
Finnish: tšekisti
French: tchékiste (fr) m or f
Georgian: ჩეკისტი (čeḳisṭi)
German: Tschekist m, Tschekistin f
Italian: cekista m or f
Polish: czekista (pl) m, czekistka f
Portuguese: tchekista m or f
Russian: чеки́ст (ru) m (čekíst), чеки́стка (ru) f (čekístka)
Slovak: čekist m, čekistka f
Spanish: chequista m or f
Ukrainian: чекі́ст m (čekíst), чекі́стка f (čekístka)
Yiddish: טשעקיסט m (tshekist)

Anagrams

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