kontraktnik

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A voluntary professional soldier of Russia under contract (not a conscript soldier).
    — The kontraktniki, some with criminal backgrounds, others veterans of police and military units, are among the most feared of Russian forces, and the ones most often alleged to have committed atrocities.

词形变化

kontraktniks plural kontraktniki plural contractnik alternative contraktnik alternative

词源

From Russian контра́ктник (kontráktnik, literally “contractor, contractee”), from контракт (kontrakt, “contract”) + -ник (-nik, “profession, performer”).
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