moshavnik

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew מושבניק.

Noun[edit]

moshavnik (plural moshavniks)

  1. A member of a moshav.
    • 1979 August 18, Helen Weinstock, “Holy Land”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 5, page 10:
      If I had been working where I was before I wouldn't worry so much because they knew I am a good nurse and I think some of my bosses and maybe some of my moshavniks suspected that I am lesbian; but now I am starting out on a new job with people in a new area.