Complete Definition of "kulak"

English

Etymology
From the Russian term|scCyrl|к�лак|trkulák|gloss=fist. Recognized in English in 1877.

Noun
en-noun

  1. A prosperous landed peasant in tsarist Russia.
  2. A farmer whom Communists in Soviet Russia deemed to be wealthy.

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References
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997

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