• word of the day

    potemkin

    potemkin - Dictionary definition and meaning for word potemkin

    Definition
    (noun) 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)
Download our Mobile App Today
Receive our word of the day
on Whatsapp