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   Stakhanovite

   /stəˈkɑːnəvʌɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a worker in the former Soviet Union who was exceptionally hard-working and productive: "the Stakhanovites succeeded in increasing the quantity of goods produced"
   • ▪ an exceptionally hard-working or zealous person: "she was a Stakhanovite worker in the field of female suffering"

   Word Origin 1930s: from the name of Aleksei Grigorevich Stakhanov (1906–1977), Russian coal miner.

   Derivatives

   • 1. Stakhanovism noun
   • 2. Stakhanovist noun

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