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Translation of Hebrew חסיד אומות העולם / חֲסִיד אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם (khasíd 'umót ha'olám, literally “righteous [one] of the nations of the world”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Title given to a gentile who risked his or her life during the Holocaust to save Jews. Full definition →
Translation of Hebrew חסיד אומות העולם / חֲסִיד אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם (khasíd 'umót ha'olám, literally “righteous [one] of the nations of the world”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.