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.
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Other Word Forms of Kulak
Noun
Singular:
kulak
Plural:
kulaki, kulaksOrigin of Kulak
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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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