nepman

[ nep-muh n ]
/ ˈnɛp mən /

noun, plural nep·men.

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

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Origin of nepman

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

usage note for nepman

See -man.

Words nearby nepman

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