закопёрщик
rare #62744
nounmasculineanimatecountable
- 1.
ringleader, instigator, prime mover
Он был закопёрщиком всей э́той зате́и.
He was the ringleader of the whole scheme.
Colloquial; often slightly disapproving, but can also mean simply the driving force behind something.
- 2.
(rare) pile-driving foreman, leader of a pile-driving crewconstruction
Закопёрщик руководи́л забивкой свай.
The pile-driving foreman directed the driving of the piles.
Original, now dated technical sense (from копёр 'pile driver').
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Lucian edited noun basics 6 years ago.
