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nepman

American  
[nep-muhn] / ˈnɛp mən /

noun

plural

nepmen

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

Gender

See -man.

Etymology

Origin of nepman

< Russian nė́pman , equivalent to nėp, acronym from Nóvaya ėkonomícheskaya polítika New Economic Policy + -man < German -mann or English -man

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