дворецкий

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Russian

Etymology

дворе́ц (dvoréc) +‎ -цкий (-ckij)

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Noun

дворе́цкий (dvoréckijm anim (genitive дворе́цкого, nominative plural дворе́цкие, genitive plural дворе́цких)

  1. butler
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 16”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      Прия́телей на́ших встре́тили в пере́дней два ро́слых лаке́я в ливре́е; оди́н из них то́тчас побежа́л за дворе́цким.
      Prijátelej nášix vstrétili v perédnej dva róslyx lakéja v livréje; odín iz nix tótčas pobežál za dvoréckim.
      Our friends were met in the hall by two tall footmen in livery; one of them ran at once to fetch the butler.

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