grushe

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Definitions

  • n. A divorcée.

Example Sentences

  • "Following a story of an illegal marriage between a kohen and a grushe (a woman expelled by her former husband), the book quotes a testimony, according to which the Maiden of Ludmir described young Guterman as the one who runs around the house of prayer causing angels to tremble." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y גרושה grushe

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

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

      Alternative Spellings

      groshe, grosheh, grusheh

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