Nepman

English

Alternative forms

• NEP man, NEPmen
• nepman

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; by extension, any successful entrepreneur. [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?’

Anagrams

• Penman, pan men, panmen, penman