shtadlan

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Pronunciations

shtadlan (shtahd-LAHN) listen

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Definitions

  • n. An elected or self-appointed Jewish emissary pleading the cause of his people before the authorities.

  • n. An intercessor.

Example Sentences

  • "This chapter examines the Jewish intercessor (shtadlan) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, long the target of opponents’ bile and consistently defended by die-hard advocates." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • שתדלן, from the Aramic root שדל 'intercede'

      • Who Uses This

      • Historians

      Dictionaries

      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

      Alternative Spellings

      shtadlen

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