English
Etymology
From Russian чеки́ст (čekíst) from Чека́ (Čeká) + -ист (-ist).
Noun
Chekist (plural Chekists)
- (historical) An agent of the Cheka.
- (by extension, metonymic) A national security official of the KGB, FSB or any of the security services of the Soviet Union or Russian Federation.
Translations
agent of the Cheka
- Armenian: չեկիստ (hy) (čʻekist)
- Belarusian: чэкі́ст m (čekíst), чэкі́стка f (čekístka)
- Czech: čekista (cs) m anim, čekistka f
- Estonian: tšekist
- Finnish: tšekisti
- French: tchékiste (fr) m or f
- Georgian: ჩეკისტი (čeḳisṭi)
- German: Tschekist m, Tschekistin f
- Italian: cekista m or f
- Norwegian:
- Nynorsk: tsjekist m
- Polish: czekista (pl) m, czekistka f
- Portuguese: tchekista m or f
- Russian: чеки́ст (ru) m (čekíst), чеки́стка (ru) f (čekístka)
- Slovak: čekist m, čekistka f
- Spanish: chequista m or f
- Ukrainian: чекі́ст m (čekíst), чекі́стка f (čekístka)
- Yiddish: טשעקיסט m (tshekist)
|
Anagrams