měšťák

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Czech

Etymology

From město +‎ -ák.

Pronunciation

Noun

měšťák m anim (female equivalent měšťačka or měštka or měšťka)

  1. (informal) city boy, city slicker, townie
  2. (derogatory) bourgeois
    Synonym: měšťan
  3. (informal) municipal policeman (a member of a law enforcement agency of a municipality)
    Synonym: (městský) strážník

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Further reading

  • měšťák”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • měšťák”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • měšťák”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)