kulak

[ koo-lahk, -lak; koo-lahk, -lak ]

noun

1. 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.
2. (before the revolution of 1917) a prosperous, ruthless, and stingy merchant or village usurer.

kulak

/ ˈkuːlæk /

noun

1. (in Russia after 1906) a member of the class of peasants who became proprietors of their own farms. After the October Revolution the kulaks opposed collectivization of land, but in 1929 Stalin initiated their liquidation

Word History and Origins

Origin of kulak¹

First recorded in 1875–80, kulak is from the Russian word kulák literally, fist

Word History and Origins

Origin of kulak¹

C19: from Russian: fist, hence, tightfisted person; related to Turkish kol arm

Example Sentences

And they didn’t have to wait long for something to cheer, with Kane scoring off a give-and-go with defenseman Brett Kulak to put the Oilers in front 10:17 into the opening period.

From Los Angeles Times

Brett Kulak and Zach Hyman also scored for the Oilers, and Skinner stopped 21 shots.

From Seattle Times

Brett Kulak then added some insurance eight minutes into the final period when his 60-foot shot from the left point deflected in off Kraken defenseman Jamie Oleksiak, who’d been tying up Draisaitl on the play.

From Seattle Times

“Today is a momentous day for the movement to free wrongly imprisoned people around the world, and serves as a reminder that Australians in their tens of thousands will take action to defend human rights,” Amnesty International campaigner Rose Kulak said in a statement.

From Seattle Times

Jordana Kulak, a publicist at Penguin Young Readers, says Goodreads is a significant part of a book’s early publicity cycle.

From Slate