madrich
Pronunciations
Definitions
n. Youth counselor or supervisor.
n. A teacher's assistant for elementary and middle schoolers during classes in religious schools.
Example Sentences
"I absolutely loved my madrich on Birthright."
Languages of Origin
- Modern Hebrew
Etymology
מדריך madríkh 'lit. (male) guide', מדריכה madrikhá 'lit. (female) guide'
- Camp: Jews who attend or work at a Jewish overnight summer camp
- Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- 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
madricha, madrichah, madrikha, madrikh
Notes
fem. madricha, plural madrichim, fem. plural madrichot.
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