Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fusgeyer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fus-gey-er
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a Romanian Jew who emigrated from Romania to the United States in the early 20th century; so called because they travelled across Romania on foot before oftentimes being provided with train and ship tickets by charitable Jewish organizations once they reached the Austro-Hungarian border.

Etymology

From Yiddish פֿוסגייער (fusgeyer, “wayfarer, footgoer”). Doublet of footgoer.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: פֿוסגייער

Inflected Forms

fusgeyers (plural)

Questions

What does fusgeyer mean?: a Romanian Jew who emigrated from Romania to the United States in the early 20th century; so called because they travelled across Romania on foot before oftentimes being provided with train and ship tickets by charitable Jewish organizations once they reached the Austro-Hungarian border.
Where does fusgeyer come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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