Etymology

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Today it means: A surname from Yiddish. Full definition →

Yiddish ספּעקטאָר
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromספּעקטאָר
  2. English todaySpector

From Yiddish ספּעקטאָר (spektor), an occupational surname for a teacher's assistant in a Jewish school.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.