Stakhanovite
[ stuh-kah-nuh-vahyt, -kan-uh- ]
/ stəˈkɑ nəˌvaɪt, -ˈkæn ə- /
noun
a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
adjective
of or relating to a Stakhanovite or to Stakhanovism.
Origin of Stakhanovite
translation of Russian
stakhánovets (1935), after Alekseǐ Grigorʾevich
Stakhanov (1906–77), Soviet coal miner, whose productivity was the focus of a propaganda campaign; see
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Example sentences from the Web for stakhanovite
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