Rebbetzin

//ˈɹɛbətsɪn// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The wife of a rabbi. Judaism

    "Sometimes when they could not get to Mendel, the women would come to her, to the rebbetzin, and she would bless them as well as she could, with the little wherewithal she brought to the task."

  2. 2
    Mrs. Judaism

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rebbetzman

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"The Esperanto word for wife, edzino, is derived from rebbetzin, the wife of a rabbi in Yiddish."

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish רביצין (rebetsin), from Hebrew רב (rebbe, “master”) plus Slavic *-itsa (feminine suffix) plus Yiddish ־ין (-in, feminine suffix).

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