English Explanatory Dictionary

fusgeyer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a Romanian Jew who emigrated from Romania to the United States in the early 20th century; so called because they travelled across Romania on foot before oftentimes being provided with train and ship tickets by charitable Jewish organizations once they reached the Austro-Hungarian border.

Word forms

fusgeyer fusgeyers

Etymology

From Yiddish פֿוסגייער (fusgeyer, “wayfarer, footgoer”). Doublet of footgoer.

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