Meanings
nounboyuvke (plural boyuvkes)
plural boyuvkes · alternative boyuvka
- A Jewish armed self-defence unit during the first Russian revolution
Origin
From Russian "boy", combat, battle; hence, Yiddish "boyuvke", combat unit, commando. e.g. The last decade of the 19th century in Babruysk was characterized by pogroms as a result of the assassination of the Russian emperor Alexander II. However, most of the attacks were repelled by self-organized Jewish armed units called boyuvkes.
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boyuvke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boyuvke
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“boyuvke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boyuvke. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boyuvke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boyuvke.
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