politrukn.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlᵻˈtruːk/, U.S.

/ˌpɑləˈtruk/

Forms: 1900s– politrook, 1900s– politruk.

Origin: A borrowing from Russian. Etymon: Russian politruk.

Etymology: < Russian politruk (a1924) < polit- (in političeskij political) + ruk- (in rukovoditel′ leader, instructor).

Now historical.

In the Soviet Union: a Communist Party official attached to a company in the armed forces so as to promote communist ideology and oversee the political reliability of the troops; (hence, more generally) any military officer carrying out ideological or political indoctrination or instruction. Also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1942 V. Ughet & E. Davis tr. A. Voronsky in P. Miliukov Outl. Russ. Culture II. iv. 91 This generation..had borne arms, and from its midst came the ‘politruks’ (political instructors) and regimental commanders.

1947 Jrnl. Politics 9 62 The new National Socialist indoctrination officers, the Führer decided, were not to be politruks, but rather German army officers charged with the responsibility of giving political training to the German soldiers.

1964 Y. Bilinsky Second Soviet Republic viii. 241 Mzhavanadze, apparently a Georgian, has been identified as an old politruk (political indoctrination officer in the armed forces).

1997 AJS Rev. 22 241 The Daf Kravi..underlines the difference between the work of Kovner the politruk during the War of Independence and the poetry that ‘parted’ from it when the war was over.

2001 Jerusalem Rep. (Nexis) 4 June Stern is acting like a religious politruk.

2003 Mideast Mirror (Nexis) 25 Feb. Your voters listen now to your stammering statements, in the name of power, the hesitant formulations of a politruk.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	politruk
释义	politrukn. Brit. /ˌpɒlᵻˈtruːk/, U.S. /ˌpɑləˈtruk/ Forms: 1900s– politrook, 1900s– politruk. Origin: A borrowing from Russian. Etymon: Russian politruk. Etymology: < Russian politruk (a1924) < polit- (in političeskij political) + ruk- (in rukovoditel′ leader, instructor). Now historical. In the Soviet Union: a Communist Party official attached to a company in the armed forces so as to promote communist ideology and oversee the political reliability of the troops; (hence, more generally) any military officer carrying out ideological or political indoctrination or instruction. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1942 V. Ughet & E. Davis tr. A. Voronsky in P. Miliukov Outl. Russ. Culture II. iv. 91 This generation..had borne arms, and from its midst came the ‘politruks’ (political instructors) and regimental commanders. 1947 Jrnl. Politics 9 62 The new National Socialist indoctrination officers, the Führer decided, were not to be politruks, but rather German army officers charged with the responsibility of giving political training to the German soldiers. 1964 Y. Bilinsky Second Soviet Republic viii. 241 Mzhavanadze, apparently a Georgian, has been identified as an old politruk (political indoctrination officer in the armed forces). 1997 AJS Rev. 22 241 The Daf Kravi..underlines the difference between the work of Kovner the politruk during the War of Independence and the poetry that ‘parted’ from it when the war was over. 2001 Jerusalem Rep. (Nexis) 4 June Stern is acting like a religious politruk. 2003 Mideast Mirror (Nexis) 25 Feb. Your voters listen now to your stammering statements, in the name of power, the hesitant formulations of a politruk. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1942
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