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Noun
эконо́м • (ekonóm) m anim (genitive эконо́ма, nominative plural эконо́мы, genitive plural эконо́мов)
- (archaic) economist
- Synonym: экономи́ст (ekonomíst)
1833, Александр Пушкин , “Глава 1. VII”, in Евгений Онегин; English translation from Stanley Mitchell, transl., Eugene Onegin, London: Penguin Books, 2008:Брани́л Гоме́ра, Феокри́та;
Зато́ чита́л Адама Сми́та
И был глубо́кий эконо́м,
То есть уме́л суди́ть о том,
Как госуда́рство богате́ет,
И чем живёт, и почему́
Не ну́жно зо́лота ему́,
Когда́ просто́й проду́кт име́ет.- Braníl Goméra, Feokríta;
Zató čitál Adama Smíta
I byl glubókij ekonóm,
To jestʹ umél sudítʹ o tom,
Kak gosudárstvo bogatéjet,
I čem živjót, i počemú
Ne núžno zólota jemú,
Kogdá prostój prodúkt iméjet. - Homer, Theocritus he rubbished,
But Adam Smith instead he relished,
And was a great economist.
That is, he knew how states subsist,
Acquire their wealth, and what they live on
And why they can dispense with gold,
When, in the land itself they hold
The simple product ready given.
- (historical) steward (one who administers affairs)
1869, Лев Толстой , “Том 2, Часть первая, II”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:По́вар и эконо́м клу́ба с весёлыми ли́цами слу́шали приказа́ния гра́фа, потому́ что они́ зна́ли, что ни при ком, как при нём, нельзя́ бы́ло лу́чше поживи́ться на обе́де, кото́рый сто́ил не́сколько ты́сяч.- Póvar i ekonóm klúba s vesjólymi lícami slúšali prikazánija gráfa, potomú što oní ználi, što ni pri kom, kak pri njom, nelʹzjá býlo lúčše poživítʹsja na obéde, kotóryj stóil néskolʹko týsjač.
- The club cook and the steward listened to the count's orders with pleased faces, for they knew that under no other management could they so easily extract a good profit for themselves from a dinner costing several thousand rubles.
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