bulvan
Pronunciations
bulvan | (buul-VAHN) | listen |
Definitions
n. An idiot, boor, oaf.
Example Sentences
“Any bulvon could do that.” (NJY)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
Yiddish, alternatively בולװאַן bulván, באַלװאַן balván, or באָלװאַן bolván 'moron, dummy; tailor's mannequin'
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
buvon, bulvon, bovan
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