Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A non-Jewish boy or young man.

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  • noun offensive A gentile, a non-Jewish male.

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  • noun an offensive term for non-Jewish young man

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Yiddish sheygets, from Hebrew šeqeṣ, blemish; see šqṣ in Semitic roots.]

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From Yiddish שייגעץ (sheygets)

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