bochur

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/ˈbʌxər//ˈbɔxər//ˈbʊxər/

noun

A (male) student at a yeshiva.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounbochur (plural bochurim)

plural bochurim · alternative bahur · alternative bachur · alternative bocher · alternative bokher · alternative bokhur

  1. JudaismA (male) student at a yeshiva.

    My son told me that the principal had passed a new rule that if a bochur were a smoker, he had to leave the yeshiva and could not return until he stopped smoking.

    2011 July 4, cindys, soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)

Origin

  1. Hebrewבָּחוּר“young man”
  2. Englishbochur

From Hebrew בָּחוּר (“young man”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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