Kulak Definition

ko͝o-lăk, ko͝olăk, -läk
kulaks
noun
Any of a class of well-to-do peasant farmers in Russia who opposed the Soviet collectivization of the land.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Kulak

Noun

Singular:
kulak
Plural:
kulaki, kulaks

Origin of Kulak

  • 1877. From Russian кула́к (kulák, “wealthy peasant; fist; tight-fisted person”), plural кулаки́ (kulakí). Compare also Russian раскула́чивание (raskuláčivanije, “dekulakization”), подкула́чник (podkuláčnik, “subkulak”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Russian fist, kulak probably of Turkic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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