Portnoy

P3O1R1T1N1O1Y4

proper noun

A surname.

OriginRussian портной →
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Meanings

proper nounPortnoy (plural Portnoys)

plural Portnoys

  1. A surname.
    1 more example

    Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he would send two customers to tour a former Nazi concentration camp after they allegedly engaged in antisemitic behavior at a Barstool pub in Philadelphia, then later retracted that offer for at least one of them because he said the person was denying responsibility for what happened.

    2025 May 5, “Barstool Sports founder retracts Auschwitz tour offer to customer in antisemitic sign incident”, in Associated Press

Origin

  1. Russianпортной“tailor”
  2. EnglishPortnoy

From Russian портной (portnoj, “tailor”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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