Definition of Shadchan

1. a Jewish marriage broker [n -CHANIM or -CHANS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shadchan

shad
shad-flower
shad-spirit
shad-spirits
shad-waiter
shad-waiters
shad roe
shadberries
shadberry
shadbird
shadbirds
shadblow
shadblows
shadbush
shadbushes
shadchan (current term)
shadchanim
shadchans
shadchen
shadchens
shadd
shadda
shaddap
shadder
shadders
shaddock
shaddocks
shaddup
shade
shade horsetail

Literary usage of Shadchan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Promised Land by Mary Antin (1912)
"She has been summoned to a conference with the shadchan (marriage broker), ... Her parents are pleased with the son-in-law proposed by the shadchan, ..."

2. The Bookman (1898)
"Circumstances have removed the conditions that led to his existence, but the shadchan, having once tasted of the sweets of his patrimony, has never let go. ..."

3. Modern Short-stories by Margaret Ashmun (1914)
"Perhaps they won't give a dowry," he thought, with a consolatory sense of outwitting the shadchan. On the Saturday Leibel went to see the damsel, ..."

4. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1903)
"In some communities the professional match-maker, " shadchan," plays a prominent ... The shadchan is undoubtedly a remnant of the Crusades, during which, ..."

5. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1912)
"In some communities the professional match-maker, " shadchan," plays a prominent ... The shadchan is undoubtedly a remnant of the Crusades, during which, ..."

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