kibbutznik
kibbutznik noun: a member of a kibbutz.
Noun
kibbutznik (plural kibbutznikim or kibbutzniks or (rare) kibbutzniki)
- A member of a kibbutz.
- The kibbutzniki of Gesher yearn for the old days, before 1967, when they exchanged pleasantries with the Arab farmers across the river. “We could talk to them then,” Mrs. [Edna] Solodar said thoughtfully.1972, Georgie Anne Geyer, “The Occupied Territories”, in The New 100 Years War: The Arab-Israeli Conflict […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 273
- They have found it necessary to employ outside labour—a fundamental departure from the ideology of the movement, for which my host’s kibbutz was regularly berated by the central organisation by which it was affiliated. […] There is a movement the other way, too—some of the young kibbutzniki go into...1969 September 14, Michael Frayn, “Little Israel”, in The Observer, number 9,296, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, Review section, page 25, column 5
- Synonyms:
- kibbutzer
Examples of kibbutznik in a sentence
- Which tasks will Israeli society set for the young kibbutzniki?1980, Theodor Bergmann, “The kibbutz in the continuum of forms of cooperation”, in Klaus Bartölke, Theodor Bergmann, Ludwig Liegle...
- When a banker and a developer arrive to find that the commune has not been evacuated, the spirit of resistance is awakened in the old kibbutzniks.2009 January 16, Susan Walker, “When the kibbutz goes kaput”, in Toronto Star:
Synonyms of kibbutznik
Forms of kibbutznik
| plural | kibbutznikim |
|---|---|
| plural | kibbutzniks |
| plural (rare) | kibbutzniki |
Origin of kibbutznik
Borrowed from Hebrew קִיבּוּצְנִיק (kibútsnik), from קִיבּוּץ (kibútz, “kibbutz”) + ־נִיק (nik, “-er”). By surface analysis, kibbutz + -nik.
Questions about kibbutznik
- What does kibbutznik mean?
- Kibbutznik means a member of a kibbutz.
- How do you use kibbutznik in a sentence?
- Which tasks will Israeli society set for the young kibbutzniki?
- What part of speech is kibbutznik?
- Kibbutznik is a noun.
- What is the plural of kibbutznik?
- The plural of kibbutznik is kibbutznikim.
Words near kibbutznik in the dictionary
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