Etymology

nepman

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Today it means: Someone engaged in private enterprise under Lenin's New Economic Policy in the Soviet Union. Full definition →

First used 20th c.Russian нэ́пман
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  1. Russian · derived fromнэ́пман
  2. English todayNepman

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

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. Someone engaged in private enterprise under Lenin's New Economic Policy in the Soviet Union.
  • from 20th c. Any successful entrepreneur.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.