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Nepman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnɛpmən/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

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