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kapos

kapos is the plural of kapo.

Meaning of kapo

Noun

kapo (plural kapos)

  1. (historical) A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.
  2. (ethnic, offensive, slur, vulgar) A Jewish person perceived as enabling or assisting harm to the larger Jewish community by collaborating or allying with antisemites.
    Synonyms:
    self-hating Jew

Questions about kapos

What is kapos the plural of?
Kapos is the plural of kapo.

Words near kapos in the dictionary

  1. kapoks
  2. kapoof
  3. Kapooka
  4. Kapoor
  5. kaporos
  6. kapos
  7. Kaposi
  8. Kaposi's sarcoma
  9. Kaposi's sarcomas
  10. Kaposi's sarcomata
  11. kaposiform

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