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Definition of Dvornik
1. Noun. (archaic) A doorman, porter, janitor, or groundskeeper in a Russian household ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dvornik
1. a Russian porter [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dvornik
Literary usage of Dvornik
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Russian Year by Rothay Reynolds (1913)
"In the place I went to another dvornik would have me " written in." When I went
abroad my passport was ... On these occasions the dvornik honoured me with ..."
2. In Joyful Russia by John Alexander Logan (1897)
"From the gate Ivan dvornik must carry it into the kitchen. ... In many ways our
dvornik was, compared with others, a man of leisure. ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1893)
"Another familiar type of the streets of St. Petersburg is the dvornik, ...
Sometimes the dvornik acts as a steward of the landlord, in addition to his other ..."
4. The Russian Empire, Its People, Institutions and Resources by August Haxthausen, Robert Farie (1856)
"police, they have recourse to the dvornik : he is the man-of-all-work, whom
neither proprietor, lodger, nor police can do without : the latter constitutes ..."
5. Underground Russia; Revolutionary Profiles and Sketches from Life by S. Stepniak, Petr Alekseevich Lavrov (1885)
"I was just finishing my tea when the dvornik entered my room, not the dvornik of
the house, who is the representative of the supreme power of the police, ..."
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