[sometimesS-] a native-born Israeli Jew
Origin of sabra
Modern Hebrew sabra, literally (an obsolete sense), prickly fruit of a regional cactus: in allusion to being viewed as tough outside but soft insidesabra
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sabra
noun
A native-born Israeli Jew.
Origin of sabra
Perhaps Yiddish sabre member of the first group of Jewish immigrants to arrive in Palestine beginning in the 19th century, descendant of this group probably from Palestinian Arabic &slowdot;ab(i)ra prickly pear ( Opuntia ficus-indica, which thrives in the drier parts of the Levant) singulative of &slowdot;ab(i)r prickly pear ( also the source of Modern Israeli Hebrew &slowdot;ābār prickly pear, sabra ) akin to Arabic &slowdot;abir, &slowdot;abr aloe &slowdot;brTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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