twenty-five-thousander
twenty-five-thousander · twenty-five-thousanders
One of the approximately 25,000 industrial workers who voluntarily left their homes to…One of the approximately 25,000 industrial workers who voluntarily left their homes to do rural work in the kolkhozes in the USSR in the early 1930s.
Meaning
1 senses(historical)One of the approximately 25,000 industrial workers who voluntarily left their homes to do rural work in the kolkhozes in the USSR in the early 1930s.
Origin
From twenty-five thousand + -er, a calque of Russian двадцатипятитысячники (dvadcatipjatitFrom twenty-five thousand + -er, a calque of Russian двадцатипятитысячники (dvadcatipjatitysjačniki).
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Forms
plural: twenty-five-thousanders| Singular | twenty-five-thousander |
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