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-nik

suff.

One associated with or characterized by: beatnik; peacenik.

[Yiddish and Russian (Yiddish, from Russian), of Slavic origin.]

-nik

suffix forming nouns

denoting a person associated with a specified state, belief, or quality beatnik refusenik

[from Russian -nik, as in Sputnik, and influenced by Yiddish -nik (agent suffix)]

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