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mensch
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Or: mensh :1. A human being.
2. A mature or decent man.
(Noun) To describe a Jewish man as being mature, decent, and virile man.
(Noun) (Yiddish; Wall Street American terminology): an important man, a man to be respected.
Usage: For Dan Qualye to be a mensch, he'd have to grow up.
(Noun) A decent, genuine, and kind person of highly admirable character; a good person, a human being; someone who does good and with whom people are at ease; a mensch is a mensch regardless of whether or not they are wealthy, educated, attractive, or successful
plural - menschen, mensches
Yiddish, also used in English; from German 'mensche', meaning 'person'
Usage: The teacher always listened to his students without judging them, often donated to charity, and fought for animal rights. He was a mensch.
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