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[mench] 
–noun, plural mensch⋅en [men-chuh
n] , mensch⋅es. Informal.
[men-chuhn] , mensch⋅es. Informal. | a decent, upright, mature, and responsible person. |
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| mensch or mensh (měnsh) 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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