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Czech
Etymology
From město + -ák.
Pronunciation
Noun
měšťák m anim (female equivalent měšťačka or měštka or měšťka)
- (informal) city boy, city slicker, townie
- (derogatory) bourgeois
- Synonym: měšťan
- (informal) municipal policeman (a member of a law enforcement agency of a municipality)
- Synonym: (městský) strážník
Declension
Declension of měšťák (velar masculine animate)
Derived terms
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)