schnorrer

Pronunciations

schnorrer

(SHNOR-rer)

Definitions

• n. A beggar, a parasite. "A moocher." (JPS)
  

Example Sentences

• "That man comes around all the time--what a schnorrer!" (said of a man who always came to events for the food when it was free)
  

Languages of Origin

• Yiddish

Etymology

• שנאָרער shnorer
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
• Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
• Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings

shnorrer, schnorer, shnorer