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Shprintze

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Gender Feminine
Usage Yiddish (Rare)
Scripts שפּרינצע(Yiddish)

Meaning & History

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Possibly a Yiddish form of Esperanza. This is the name of Tevye's fourth daughter in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964), based on the late 19th-century Yiddish stories of Sholem Aleichem.

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Fiddler on the Roof characters, hope, uncertain etymology, virtues
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Entry updated November 16, 2019

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