chevreman
Pronunciations
| chevreman | (KHEV-reh-mihn) | listen |
Definitions
n. One of the guys; a people person.
n. Someone hard to get along with.
n. A tough guy.
Example Sentences
"Being a counselor will be good for you, it'll make you a real chevreman." (Glinert)
"Shkoyach/well done to our chevreman Yoni Eilat and Bella Bryks-Klein on a good take on #Yiddish and Israel on i24NEWS English" (source)
"He is a smiling chevreman, who loved the 'amazing camp.'" (source)
"He is a 'Chevreman' as he makes friends easily and radiates warmth and happiness, and it's always fun to be around him." (source)
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Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
Y חבֿרהמאַן khevreman 'a people person'
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
chevraman, khevreman, khevraman, hevraman, hevreman, chevrehman, chevrahman, khevrehman, khevrahman, hevrahman, hevrehman, chevrah mon, chevramon, chevra mon
Notes
plural: 'khevrelayt'
See also chevre.
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