Stakhanovite definition

Etymology

Named from Aleksei Grigor’evich Stakhanov (Алексей Григорьевич Стаханов), a Russian coalminer whose prodigious output was publicised by Stalin as part of a 1935 campaign.

Noun

An extremely productive or hard-working worker, especially in the former USSR, who may earn special rewards.

Adjective

Pertaining to a Stakhanovite.
- 1993: The great galvanised iron shed where the valves were made was a cacophonous and tumultuous place, full of Stakhanovite workers torturing plugs of super-heavy metal with screaming drill bits. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun