kulaks

ku·lak

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Definitions of kulaks word

noun kulaks a comparatively wealthy peasant who employed hired labor or possessed farm machinery and who was viewed and treated by the Communists during the drive to collectivize agriculture in the 1920s and 1930s as an oppressor and class enemy. 1
noun kulaks (before the revolution of 1917) a prosperous, ruthless, and stingy merchant or village usurer. 1
noun kulaks Plural form of kulak. 1

before 1875

One of the 25% newest English words

First recorded in 1875-80, kulak is from the Russian word kulák literally, fist

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