shokher

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Definitions

  • n. (pejorative) A black man.

Example Sentences

  • "He organized a group of assemblymen shchoyrim and senators shchoyrim, who introduced legislation without it having his fingerprints on it, to keep anyone from knowing that a Jewish legislator was behind it, to keep it from being hindered." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y שחור shokher, from TH שחור shakhór 'black (color)'

      • Who Uses This

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

      shocher, shucher, shukher

Notes

  • plural: 'skhoyrim'

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