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Stakhanovites

Stakhanovites is the plural of Stakhanovite.

Meaning of Stakhanovite

Noun

Stakhanovite (plural Stakhanovites)

  1. (historical) An extremely productive or hardworking worker, especially in the former USSR, who may earn special rewards; a workaholic.
    • Nevertheless, few outstanding Stakhanovites remained at the bench for very long. Even if they stayed on the enterprise payroll, they ceased to be workers, becoming instead living icons.1990, Lewis H. Siegelbaum, Stakhanovism and the Politics of Productivity in the USSR, 1935–1941, page 183

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Questions about Stakhanovites

What is Stakhanovites the plural of?
Stakhanovites is the plural of Stakhanovite.

Words near Stakhanovites in the dictionary

  1. stakewinning
  2. Stakhanov
  3. Stakhanovian
  4. Stakhanovism
  5. stakhanovite
  6. Stakhanovites
  7. Stakhonovite
  8. Stakhonovites
  9. staking
  10. staking a claim
  11. staking one's life

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