noun
or rab·fac ˈrabˌfak
( -s )
Etymology: Russian rabfak, from rab ochiĭ fak ul'tet, from rabochiĭ of labor (from rabota labor, work) + fakul'tet faculty, college, from German fakultät, from Medieval Latin facultat-, facultas; akin to Old High German arbeit, arabeit need, work, Gothic arbaiths distress, need, Latin orbus bereft — more at orphan , faculty
: a Soviet school giving preliminary university training to workers