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Russian
Etymology
From профос (profos), from German Profoss (cognate of English provost).
Pronunciation
Noun
прохво́ст • (proxvóst) m anim (genitive прохво́ста, nominative plural прохво́сты, genitive plural прохво́стов)
- (colloquial) scoundrel, rascal, fraud
1870, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин, “Органчик”, in История одного города; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The History of a Town, Oxford: Willem A. Meeuws, 1980:— И откуда к нам экой прохвост выискался! — говорили обыватели, изумлённо вопрошая друг друга и не придавая слову «прохвост» никакого особенного значения.- — I otkuda k nam ekoj proxvost vyiskalsja! — govorili obyvateli, izumljónno voprošaja drug druga i ne pridavaja slovu «proxvost» nikakovo osobennovo značenija.
- ‘How did they come to send us such a brute of a governor?’ the Glupovites asked in astonishment, attaching no special significance to the word ‘brute’.
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