Dvornik
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dvornik is a noun meaning (archaic) A doorman, porter, janitor, or groundskeeper in a Russian household.
Meaning
(archaic) A doorman, porter, janitor, or groundskeeper in a Russian household.
Example Sentences
Go to my dvornik and help him to remove the dung. I will pay you.
My mother kept a cook and a nursemaid, and a dvornik, or outdoor man, to take care of the horses, the cow, and the woodpile.
He reached the doorway of his house in a state of mental discouragement which enabled him to receive with apparent indifference an official-looking envelope from the dirty hand of the dvornik.
Word Forms
- dvorniks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vatnik, noker, knouter, mujik, gopnitsa, gopnik.
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