Definitions for kulaks
kulaks
ku·lak
Spelling: [koo-lahk, -lak; koo-lahk, -lak]
IPA: /kʊˈlɑk, -ˈlæk; ˈku lɑk, -læk/
Kulaks is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 50 anagrams from letters in kulaks (akklsu).
Definitions for kulaks
noun
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a comparatively wealthy peasant who employed hired labor or possessed farm machinery and who was viewed and treated by the Communists during the drive to collectivize agriculture in the 1920s and 1930s as an oppressor and class enemy.
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(before the revolution of 1917) a prosperous, ruthless, and stingy merchant or village usurer.
Origin of kulaks
First recorded in 1875-80, kulak is from the Russian word kulák literally, fist
Examples for kulaks
They still had some kulaks, a lot of food, and we lived very well.
Not quite kulaks for Stalin, maybe, but not exactly all that different either.