# jazznik

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An enthusiast of jazz music.

## Etymology
From jazz (“music”) + -nik (“person who exemplifies or endorses something”).
From the Slavic suffix, as seen on Russian: -ник (-nik). This suffix experienced a surge in English coinages for nicknames and diminutives after the 1957 Russian launch of the Sputnik spacecraft. Compare beatnik.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jazznik