Word origin
[1875–80; ‹ Russ
dukhobór,
dukhobórets, ORuss
dukhoborĭtsĭ lit., one who fights against the Holy Ghost, a calque of LGk
pneumatomáchos (cf. Russ
dukh spirit,
boréts wrestler); orig. a derisive term, later adopted by the sect itself
]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fan-tan, hat trick, massage, overdraft, weekend