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mensch or mensh (m

nsh)

n. pl. mensch·es or mensch·en (m

n) Informal

A person having admirable characteristics, such as fortitude and firmness of purpose: "He radiates the kind of fundamental decency that has a name in Yiddish; he's a mensch" (James Atlas).

[Yiddish, human being, mensch, from Middle High German, human being, from Old High German mennisco; see man-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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mensch - a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics

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Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script

good person - a person who is good to other people

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