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–noun, plural mensch·en    Audio Help   [men-chuhn] Pronunciation Key, mensch·es. Informal.
a decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.

[Origin: 1950–55; < Yiddish mentsh man, human being < MHG mensch (G Mensch), OHG mennisco, mannisco; see man1, -ish1]
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mensch or mensh    Audio Help   (měnsh)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. mensch·es or mensch·en (měn'shən) 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 
"person of strength and honor," 1909, from Yiddish, from Ger., lit. "man, person."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

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