mensch

noun

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Pronunciation: /mɛnt͡ʃ/

noun

Etymology: From Yiddish מענטש (mentsh, “an honorable person”), from Middle High German mensch, mensche, mennische, from Old High German mennisko (“man, human being”), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). The spelling mensch was influenced by German Mensch; compare the alternative spellings. Doublet of mennish; compare also mense. For the semantics, compare Latin humanē (“kindly, courteously”), English humane.

A person (chiefly male) of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman.
“[…]Scott Nearing was a grand old man a real mensch[…]”
“Doctor Dreyfuss [to C. C. Baxter]: Be a mensch!”