murzyn
See also: Murzyn
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Czech muřín, from Latin Maurus. Doublet of Maur, morus, and Murzyn.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmurzyn m pers (diminutive murzynek)
- (colloquial) someone who does uncredited work for another person (e.g. a ghostwriter)
- Opłaciła murzyna, który napisał egzamin zamiast niej. ― She hired a stand-in who wrote the exam instead of her.
- 2007 March, Krzysztof Skiba, “Skibą w mur - Pisać każdy może”, in Wprost[1]:
- Ceniony autor powieści fantastycznych [...] doskonale wyczuł potrzeby rynku czytelniczego i przy pomocy wynajętego murzyna postanowił wyjaśnić wszystkie polskie ciemne sprawy.
- The respected author of fantasy stories [...] wonderfully intuited the needs of the reader market and with the help of a ghost writer decided to explain all of Poland's dark issues.
- (colloquial) grunt (someone who works heavily and is being exploited)
- someone with a dark tan
Declension
editDeclension of murzyn
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