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Definition of Rasputin
1. Noun. Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rasputin
Literary usage of Rasputin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the Great War ...: History of the European War from Official by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"So loose was his behavior that he acquired the nickname of Rasputin, which means a
... From fishing Rasputin turned toward easier ways of making a living. ..."
2. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1917)
"So loose was his behavior that he acquired the nickname of Rasputin, which means a
... From fishing Rasputin turned toward easier ways of making a living. ..."
3. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"Several weeks before the Revolution broke out, Rasputin was assassinated in
Petrograd and his body put under the ice in the river Neva. ..."
4. Inside the Russian Revolution by Rheta Childe Dorr (1917)
"HOW Rasputin DIED LOOKING at these exiles, these wrecks of humanity done to death in
... Rasputin, it is true, was killed in December, and the revolution ..."
5. The Mad Monk of Russia, Iliodor: Life, Memoirs, and Confessions of Sergei by Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Trufanov (1918)
"Then the imperial family, urged on by Rasputin, decided to punish most severely
the "villains" who had attempted the life of the godly ascetic. ..."
6. From Autocracy to Bolshevism by Peter Graevenitz (1918)
"In Russian Rasputin means " the immoral." He could hardly read or write, ...
Rasputin is often spoken of as a priest or a monk, but in reality he had no ..."
7. Diplomatic Reminiscences Before and During the World War, 1911-1917 by Anatolīĭ Vasilʹevich Nekli︠u︡dov (1920)
"CHAPTER VII Rasputin I ARRIVED in SL Petersburg at the end of March, ... I at
once realised that this was aimed at the famous Gregory Rasputin. ..."
8. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"Into this story of the public status of Rasputin, as distinct from his personal
character, there would enter,, were it fully displayed, the question of his ..."
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