Borrowed from Hebrew אַחֲרוֹן (“last”).
Acharon (plural Acharonim)
- A rabbi-scholar of the modern period, starting from the 16th century.
2006 April 29, bac...@vms.huji.ac.il, “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated[1] (Usenet):I want to see a WRITTEN source as authored by a posek/acharon prior to the year 1900.