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Definition of Schnorrer
1. Noun. (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others.
Category relationships: Yiddish
Generic synonyms: Cadger, Mooch, Moocher, Scrounger
Definition of Schnorrer
1. n. Among the Jews, a beggar.
Definition of Schnorrer
1. Noun. sponger (person who takes advantage of the generosity of others) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Schnorrer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schnorrer
Literary usage of Schnorrer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. East London by Walter Besant (1901)
"I furnish the contents. All the week my son Jacob keeps it, but there is no trade
except on Sunday." mil A " schnorrer " (Beggar) of the Ghetto. ..."
2. With the Best Intention by Bruno Lessing, Hearst's International Library Co (1914)
""A schnorrer?" asked Miss Fraser, bewildered. "What's that?" Moishe shook his head.
A schnorrer was a schnorrer—beyond that it was too difficult to explain. ..."
3. Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill (1895)
"Do you call that being a schnorrer ? " " Don't argue with me. You're just like
your poor mother, peace be upon him!" cried the irate old woman. ..."
4. Jewish Philanthropy: An Exposition of Principles and Methods of Jewish by Boris David Bogen (1917)
"The profession of the "schnorrer" was the highest evolutionary type of this ...
Each schnorrer had a certain route of contributors, whom he visited at ..."
5. The Land of Riddles: (Russia of To-day) by Hugo Ganz (1904)
"... in western Europe as "schnorrer." And of these there are in Warsaw an unknown
number. It is hard to draw the line between the "schnorrer" and the ..."
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