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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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);
[syn: Potemkin, Potyokin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Potyokin
    n 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) [syn: Potemkin,
         Potyokin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin,
         Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin]