Etymology

Winokur

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

Russian виноку́р
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The story

  1. Russian · derived fromвиноку́р“distiller”
  2. English todayWinokur

Jewish surname derived from a Germanized form of Russian виноку́р (vinokúr, “distiller”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.