nepman

[nep-muhn]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural

nepmen

(in the Soviet Union) a person who engaged briefly in private enterprise during the New Economic Policy of the 1920s.

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Gender Note

See -man.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nepman¹

< Russian �Ա�̇́�賾�� , equivalent to ��ė��, acronym from Nóvaya ėkonomícheskaya polítika New Economic Policy + -man < German -mann or English -man

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