кукуру́зник

rare #29136

nouninanimatecountable

1.
biplane (An-2), crop duster, An-2aviation
Ста́рый кукуру́зник ме́дленно подня́лся в не́бо.
The old biplane slowly rose into the sky.
Colloquial nickname for the small Soviet An-2 biplane, widely used for crop spraying and short flights.
2.
corn grower, maize farmeragriculture
Мой дед был настоящим кукуру́зником и мно́го расска́зывал о выра́щивании э́той культу́ры.
My grandfather was a real corn grower and told a lot about growing this crop.
3.
(rare) supporter of Khrushchev's corn campaignhistory
Сторо́нников той кампа́нии в наро́де называ́ли кукуру́зниками.
People called the supporters of that campaign 'corn men'.
Historical, often mocking; also used as a nickname for Khrushchev himself.

Examples

Старый кукурузник до сих пор летает над полями.
The old biplane still flies over the fields.
Этот кукурузник поднимается прямо с грунтовой полосы.
This biplane takes off straight from the dirt runway.
Дед всю жизнь был кукурузником в колхозе.
My grandfather spent his whole life as a corn grower on a collective farm.

кукуру́заcorn
nounfeminine
кукуру́зникbiplane (An-2); corn grower; supporter of Khrushchev's corn campaign
noun
кукуру́зныйcorn
adjective