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.
Nearby words
- nephroureterectomy,
- nephroureterocystectomy,
- nephtali,
- nepionic,
- nepit,
- nepos,
- nepos, cornelius,
- nepotic,
- nepotism,
- neptune
Origin of nepman
< Russian nė́pman, equivalent to nėp, acronym from Nóvaya ėkonomícheskaya polítika New Economic Policy + -man < German -mann or English -man
Usage note
See -man.
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