mensch

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Quotations 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Yiddish מענטש, from the German Mensch (human); also mentsch, mentsh, mensh, or mench, plural: mentschen.

[edit] Noun

mensch (plural mensches or menschen)

1. A person of integrity and honor.

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• 2008 : Olie Kolzig: Goalie for the Washington Capitals who spent most of 16 seasons between the pipes for the team until being released in 2008. Had the longest career of any Capital. Now plays for Tampa Bay. The ultimate mensch, in my book. - George Solomon, My Little Red Book, The Washington Post, Sunday, December 28, 2008; Page D01

• 2005 : Lionel Kessler, relaxing perhaps on a Louis Quinze day bed, garlanded all round with lines of beauty, seeing welcome proof that his clever maligned young friend was a mensch. - Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, (Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, 428)

• 1960 : Doctor Dreyfuss to C. C. Baxter: Be a mensch! - The Apartment

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

mensch

1. Obsolete spelling of mens.