Nepman

English

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Etymology

From NEP +‎ -man, after Russian нэ́пман (nɛ́pman).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɛpmən/

Noun

Nepman (plural Nepmen)

  1. (now historical) Someone engaged in private enterprise under Lenin's New Economic Policy in the Soviet Union. [from 20th c.]
    • 2007, Mikhail Bulgakov, translated by Andrew Bromfield, A Dog's Heart, Penguin, page 67:
      Filipp Filippovich rolled up his eyes. ‘And what makes you a working man?’
      ‘Well, I'm obviously not a Nepman am I?’
  2. (by extension) Any successful entrepreneur. [from 20th c.]

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