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Shmuley

Shmuley proper noun: a diminutive of the male given name Shmuel.

Proper noun

Shmuley

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Shmuel.
    • This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s.2015 March 4, Jill Jacobs, “Shmuley Boteach isn’t ‘America’s rabbi’”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2023

Origin of Shmuley

From Shmuel + -y.

Questions about Shmuley

What does Shmuley mean?
Shmuley means a diminutive of the male given name Shmuel.
What part of speech is Shmuley?
Shmuley is a proper noun.

Words near Shmuley in the dictionary

  1. shmucky
  2. Shmuel
  3. Shmuels
  4. shmuk
  5. shmuks
  6. Shmuley
  7. shmup
  8. shmups
  9. shmurah matzo
  10. shmutter
  11. shmutters

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