Rasputin is a proper noun referring to Grigory Rasputin, a 19th–early 20th-century Russian mystic who befriended the Romanovs. In modern usage, it denotes the infamous adviser associated with intrigue and legend. The word is typically used in historical, biographical, or cultural contexts and is pronounced as a two-syllable proper noun with stress on the second syllable in English adaptation.
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