Mensch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɛnt͡ʃ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mensch is a noun meaning A person (chiefly male) of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman.
Meaning
A person (chiefly male) of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman.
Example Sentences
Doctor Dreyfuss [to C. C. Baxter]: Be a mensch!
[…]Scott Nearing was a grand old man a real mensch[…]
Where have all the mensches gone? The character of the administration reflects the character of the man at its head.
She was an Amerindian, and stout. She was a real mensch, […] a hard working person, who took pride in her job, which was to spray from an aerosol can a particular base.
Word Forms
- mensches
- menschen
- mensh
- mentsch
- mentsh
- mentch
- mench
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include man, mankind, person, individual, human, one.
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