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czerwoniec

//t͡ʂɛrˈvɔ.ɲɛt͡s//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    chervonets (any of several former currencies of Russia: applied to various foreign gold coins prior to the reign of Peter I of Russia, then to a Russian gold coin of 1701-1757, and finally to a 1922 currency of the Soviet Union)
  2. 2.
    decade in a gulag (sentence of ten years of hard labor in Soviet labor camps)
  3. 3.
    redshank (Ceratodon purpureus)
  4. 4.
    colloquialRed złoty (gold coin with an international circulation)
  5. 5.
    colloquialderogatoryred (communist)

Synonyms & related words

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Etymology

From czerwony + -iec. First attested in 1802.

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