קוואַטער

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German gevater(e) (“godfather”).

Noun[edit]

קוואַטער • (kvater) m, plural קוואַטערס (kvaters), feminine קוואַטערין (kvaterin)

  1. person who traditionally carries the baby into the room for the bris
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