halutz

The definition of a halutz is a Jewish person who works in the farm settlements in Israel.

(noun)

An example of a halutz is a person who helped to build up cities and suburbs in Israel.

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See halutz in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. halutzim

a Jewish pioneer in the agricultural settlements of modern Israel

Origin: Heb chaluts, lit., warrior in the vanguard < root ḥlc, to be in the vanguard

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