English Explanatory Dictionary

poritz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wealthy landowner who controls a shtetl.

Word forms

poritz pritzim

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish פּריץ (porets, “landowner”), from Hebrew פׇּרִיץ (pārīṣ, “bandit”). Compare Polish puryc.

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