Epshteyn

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proper noun

A surname from Yiddish.

OriginYiddish עפּשטײן →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from Yiddish.

    A cryptocurrency linked to former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon and Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn has caught the attention of federal prosecutors in New York, who have started looking into it, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

    2023 March 14, Aaron Katersky, Soo Rin Kim, Laura Romero, “Federal prosecutors looking into Bannon-backed cryptocurrency $FJB, say sources”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2026

Origin

  1. Yiddishעפּשטײן
  2. EnglishEpshteyn

Borrowed from Yiddish עפּשטײן (epshteyn) (whence also Hebrew אֶפְּשְׁטֵיין (épshtein)). Doublet of Epstein and Eppstein.

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APA

Epshteyn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Epshteyn

MLA

“Epshteyn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Epshteyn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Epshteyn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Epshteyn.

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