troika
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troika
- /ˈtɹɔɪ.kə/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From Russian тро́йка (trójka, “a group of three”).
noun troikas · troiki
- A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast. A great writer of the last epoch, comparing Russia to a swift troika galloping to an unknown goal, exclaims 'Oh, troika, birdlike troika, who invented thee!' and adds, in proud ecstasy, that all the peoples of the world stand aside respectfully to make way for the recklessly galloping troika to pass
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A party or group of three, especially a ruling council of three people in Soviet or Russian contexts.
The investigator suspected the poor dead bastards were just a vodka troika that had cheerily frozen to death.
Similar: threesome, government
Similar: triad
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: triad
Translations
Talk about this word "troika." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/troika. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. troika. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/troika "troika." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/troika.Cite this
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title = {troika},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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