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SCHNORRER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does schnorrer mean? 

SCHNORRER (noun)
  The noun SCHNORRER has 1 sense:

1. (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of othersplay

  Familiarity information: SCHNORRER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCHNORRER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

schnorrer; shnorrer

Hypernyms ("schnorrer" is a kind of...):

cadger; mooch; moocher; scrounger (someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free))

Domain category:

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)


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