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–noun, plural mensch·en

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n] 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."

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