Bocher.
young man who has not yet reached adulthood; youngling, youngster, youth
Meaning & usage
young man who has not yet reached adulthood; youngling, youngster, youth
Jewish young man who has not yet reached adulthood; Jewish youngling, Jewish youngster, Jewish youth, young Jew
rabbinical student
student
poor Jewish student
Jewish (male) teacher
rabbi of the village
experienced police officer
police officer who is well versed in thieves and their “Gaunersprache” (≈ thieves' argot)
Jewish bridegroom
clumsy, inept, simple-minded person
Where this word comes from
The word was borrowed via Yiddish בחור (bokher) which in Western Yiddish applied the senses of “boy, youngster, man”, “Talmud student”, especially “Talmud student who gave lessons to Jewish children in exchange for board and lodge”, “teacher of religious education”, “Jewish teacher”, “assistant schoolmaster”, from Hebrew בָּחוּר (bakhúr, “young man”). Sense 2 is attested since the 18th century. Sense 4 is also attested since the 18th century and developed as an extension of the Yiddish sense “the one who is studious in the teachings of the Talmud; student of a rabbi”. Senses 8 and 9, also extensions of the aforementioned Yiddish sense, are attested since 1862 and were borrowed from Rotwelsch.
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