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Russian
Etymology
заточи́ть (zatočítʹ) + -ник (-nik)
Pronunciation
Noun
зато́чник • (zatóčnik) m anim (genitive зато́чника, nominative plural зато́чники, genitive plural зато́чников)
- tool grinder, sharpener, tool dresser, grinderman
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From за̀тећи се (“to obligate oneself, to pledge (obsolete)”) + -ник.
Noun
за́точнӣк m (Latin spelling zátočnīk)
- (archaic) supporter, defender
1913, Antun Gustav Matoš, Pečalba. Kaprisi i fejtoni, Društvo hrvatskih književnika, Zagreb, page 162:Svaki dobar Evropejac, slagao se on s ruskom unutrašnjom politikom ili ne, mora priznati, da je u tom ratu Rusija, majka razorenog Daljnoga i sibirske željeznice, zatočnik evropske kontinentalne industrije i kulture, protiv mongolske i anglosaksonske alapljivosti.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (archaic) hero, champion, especially a type of hero that enters a fight or duel for another one, or obligates himself for a particular assignment
Declension
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