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Portnoy

Portnoy proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Portnoy (plural Portnoys)

  1. A surname.
    • Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he would send two customers to tour a former Nazi concentration camp after they allegedly engaged in antisemitic behavior at a Barstool pub in Philadelphia, then later retracted that offer for at least one of them because he said the person was denying...2025 May 5, “Barstool Sports founder retracts Auschwitz tour offer to customer in antisemitic sign incident”, in Associated Press

Forms of Portnoy

pluralPortnoys

Origin of Portnoy

From Russian портной (portnoj, “tailor”).

Questions about Portnoy

What does Portnoy mean?
Portnoy means a surname.
What part of speech is Portnoy?
Portnoy is a proper noun.

Words near Portnoy in the dictionary

  1. Portmuthian
  2. Portmuthians
  3. Portner
  4. Portners
  5. Portnoo
  6. Portnoy
  7. Portnoys
  8. porto
  9. Porto Alegre
  10. Porto do Son
  11. Porto Ferraio

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