nepman
[ nep-muhn ]
noun,plural nep·men.
(in the Soviet Union) a person who engaged briefly in private enterprise during the New Economic Policy of the 1920s.
Origin of nepman
1<Russian nė́pman, equivalent to nėp, acronym from Nóvaya ėkonomícheskaya polítikaNew Economic Policy + -man<German -mann or English -man
usage note For nepman
See -man.
Words Nearby nepman
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