chalutz

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
23
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/xəˈluːt͡s/
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/xəˈluːt͡s/ · /xɑː-/ · /h-/

Definition of chalutz

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)A member of a group of Jewish immigrants to Palestine who worked in agriculture or forestry.
    “Rabbi Avraham Yitzḥak Hacohen Kook was asked in 1935 by Moshe Yurevich, a member of the Torah Va'avodah Hakhsharah movement in Pressburg, about mixed dancing. The question probably referred to dancing the Hora, which was popular at the time among ḥalutzim and members of kibbutzim.”

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Etymology

From Hebrew חָלוּץ (khalúts).

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