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Litvaks

Litvaks is the plural of Litvak.

Meaning of Litvak

Noun

Litvak (plural Litvaks)

  1. A Lithuanian Jew, or an Ashkenazi Jew from the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
    • A small man, sunburned as a gypsy, in a torn blouse, with a jet-black beard and enormous flashing eyes, was expostulating in a hoarse voice with a peppery Litvak accent, gesticulating violently and flinging his head from side to side.1950, Isaac Bashevis Singer, chapter 4, in A. H. Gross et al., transl., The Family Moskat, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 60

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Questions about Litvaks

What is Litvaks the plural of?
Litvaks is the plural of Litvak.

Words near Litvaks in the dictionary

  1. liturgizing
  2. liturgy
  3. liturgy of the hours
  4. lituus
  5. Litvak
  6. Litvaks
  7. litverse
  8. litverses
  9. Litvin
  10. Litvinenko
  11. Litvinov

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