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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One associated with or characterized by: beatnik; peacenik.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Appended to words to create a nickname for a person who exemplifies, endorses, or is associated with the thing or quality specified (by the base form), often a particular ideology or preference.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A suffix attached to other words indicating a person with certain characteristics or associated with a certain group or behavior; it is sometimes used derogatorily.

Etymologies

  1. From the Slavic suffix (Russian: -ник (-nik)). This suffix experienced a surge in English coinages for nicknames and diminutives after the 1957 Soviet launch of the first Sputnik satellite. English usage is heavily influenced by Yiddish usage of -nik and similar borrowed words (nogoodnik, nudnik, kibbutznik). (Wiktionary)
  2. Yiddish and Russian (Yiddish, from Russian), of Slavic origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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Words tagged ‘-nik’

  1. folknik
  1. neatnik

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