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German
Etymology
From Russian чекист (čekist). Equivalent to Tscheka + -ist.
Pronunciation
Noun
Tschekist m (weak, genitive Tschekisten, plural Tschekisten)
- (Soviet history) Chekist (member of the Cheka)
- (by extension) a member of any secret security agency in a Communist country (used e.g. as an informal self-designation by Stasi members)
- (further extension) a member of such an agency in another totalitarian regime
1976, Heinz Höhne, Der Orden unter dem Totenkopf – Die Geschichte der SS, Bertelsmann, page 160:Heydrich zog mit ein paar Aktenheftern aus dem Besitz Himmlers in ein Zimmer des Braunen Hauses ein und eröffnete, wozu er wie kein zweiter Nationalsozialist prädestiniert war: die Laufbahn des Tschekisten, des totalitären Geheimpolizisten.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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