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Happy Merchant

Happy Merchant proper noun: an anti-Semitic caricature of a Jew, often featuring in far-right memes and propaganda.

Proper noun

the Happy Merchant

  1. An anti-Semitic caricature of a Jew, often featuring in far-right memes and propaganda.

Origin of Happy Merchant

Originated in a cartoon by A. Wyatt Mann (Nick Bougas) in 2001.

Questions about Happy Merchant

What does Happy Merchant mean?
Happy Merchant means an anti-Semitic caricature of a Jew, often featuring in far-right memes and propaganda.
What part of speech is Happy Merchant?
Happy Merchant is a proper noun.

Words near Happy Merchant in the dictionary

  1. happy little vegemites
  2. happy meal
  3. happy meals
  4. happy medium
  5. happy mediums
  6. Happy Merchant
  7. Happy Monday
  8. Happy Mondays
  9. happy Near Year
  10. happy New Year
  11. Happy New Year's

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