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Potemkin   /pətˈɛmkɪn/   Listen
Potemkin

noun
1.
A Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791).  Synonyms: Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potyokin.



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"Potemkin" Quotes from Famous Books



... have a mania for diamonds," said Morcerf, smiling, "and I verily believe that, like Potemkin, he keeps his pockets filled, for the sake of strewing them along the road, as Tom Thumb did ...
— The Count of Monte Cristo • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... the Hundred Days was just about to appear. Lucien scarcely caught a glimpse of fair hair, a refined oval-shaped face, keen eyes, and the pleasant-looking mouth belonging to the man who had played the part of a Potemkin to Mme. de Stael for twenty years, and now was at war with the Bourbons, as he had been at war with Napoleon. He was destined to win his cause and to die stricken ...
— A Distinguished Provincial at Paris • Honore de Balzac



Words linked to "Potemkin" :   pol, Grigori Potemkin, Potyokin, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, politico, politician, Grigori Potyokin, officer, military officer, Potemkin village, political leader



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