melamdim

Variant of melamed

melamed definition

me·lamed (mə läm′əd)

noun pl. melamdim -·lam′·dim (-dim)

a teacher of children in a heder or other Jewish school

Etymology: Yiddish < Heb, teacher < limed, to teach < root lmd, to teach, study

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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