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noun
A person of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mensh
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: good person
History
From Yiddish מענטש (mentsh, “an honorable person”), from Middle High German mensch, mensche, mennische, from Old High German mennisko (“man, human being”), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). The spelling mensch was influenced by German Mensch; compare the alternative spellings. Doublet of mennish; compare also mense. For the semantics, compare Latin humanē (“kindly, courteously”), English humane.
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