maser

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Pronunciations

maser (MAH-sur) listen

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Definitions

  • v. To denounce, inform on, betray to authorities.

Example Sentences

  • "What you said is true but please remember the Chasidishe Yidden who masered others and sent them to the Gulag, to save their loved one’s. Until today there are ‘Gezehe’ families which reject such families out of hand." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • מסרן masern

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      mahser, masur, mahsur, maaser

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