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Kushner

US[ˈkʰʊʃnɚ]

Kushner proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Kushner (plural Kushners)

  1. A surname.
    • Mr Kushner worked closely with Saudi Arabia on a number of issues during the Trump administration.2024 February 14, Bernd Debusmann Jr, “Jared Kushner defends controversial $2bn Saudi investment”, in BBC

Forms of Kushner

pluralKushners

Origin of Kushner

Borrowed from Yiddish קושנער (Kushner), from קושניר (kushnir), from Ukrainian кушнір (kušnir, literally “furrier”).

Questions about Kushner

What does Kushner mean?
Kushner means a surname.
What part of speech is Kushner?
Kushner is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kushner?
Kushner is pronounced [ˈkʰʊʃnɚ] (US).

Words near Kushner in the dictionary

  1. Kushites
  2. Kushitic
  3. Kushitism
  4. Kushitisms
  5. kushiyaki
  6. Kushner
  7. Kushners
  8. Kushnir
  9. Kushnirs
  10. kushoon
  11. kushoons

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