Shmuley

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proper noun

A diminutive of the male given name Shmuel.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Shmuel.

    This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s.

    2015 March 4, Jill Jacobs, “Shmuley Boteach isn’t ‘America’s rabbi’”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2023

Origin

From Shmuel + -y.

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APA

Shmuley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shmuley

MLA

“Shmuley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shmuley. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shmuley,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shmuley.

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