Stakhanovite

 
Pronunciation: /stəˈkɑːnəvʌɪt, -ˈkanə-/

noun

  • 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: [as modifier]: she was a Stakhanovite worker in the field of female suffering a Stakhanovite train-washing programme

Derivatives

Stakhanovism

Pronunciation: /-vɪz(ə)m/
noun

Stakhanovist

Pronunciation: /-vɪst/
noun & adjective

Origin:

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