English Explanatory Dictionary

Righteous Among the Nations

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Title given to a gentile who risked his or her life during the Holocaust to save Jews.
noun
  1. A gentile who risked his or her life during the Holocaust to save Jews.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Righteous Among the Nations

Etymology

Translation of Hebrew חסיד אומות העולם / חֲסִיד אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם (khasíd 'umót ha'olám, literally “righteous [one] of the nations of the world”).

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