klezmer

Meaning

Noun

  • A Jewish folk musician.
  • A type of popular Jewish folk music especially associated with Ashkenazi cultures.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Yiddish קלעזמער, from Hebrew כְּלֵי זֶמֶר.

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