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)
• Syn: ↑Potemkin, ↑Potyokin, ↑Grigori Potemkin, ↑Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin
• Hypernyms: ↑politician, ↑politico, ↑pol, ↑political leader, ↑military officer, ↑officer
Useful english dictionary. 2012.