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beatnik

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Noun
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beat=nik

CIDE DICTIONARY

beatnikn. 
     a member of the Beat Generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

beatnik, n. a member of the beat generation (see BEAT).

Etymology
BEAT + -nik after sputnik, perh. infl. by US use of Yiddish -nik agent-suffix

THESAURUS

beatnik

Bohemian, deviant, dissenter, dropout, flower child, freak, heretic, hippie, maverick, misfit, nonconformist, nonjuror, original, sectarian, sectary, swinger, ugly duckling, unconformist, yippie

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