Etymology

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Today it means: An employee, usually male, of a Borscht Belt resort charged with the duty of entertaining guests throughout the day by providing any number of services, from comedian to master of ceremonies. Full definition →

Yiddish טומלער ← Proto-Germanic *tūmōną
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*tūmōną“to turn, rotate”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromטומלער
  3. English todaytummler

Circa 1930, from Yiddish טומלער (tumler). Related to English tumble, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn, rotate”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*tūmōną all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.