Definitions for lubavitcherˈlu bəˌvɪtʃ ər, luˈbɑ vɪ tʃər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Lu•ba•vitch•erˈlu bəˌvɪtʃ ər, luˈbɑ vɪ tʃər(n.)

  1. a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.

    Category: Judaism

  2. (adj.)of or pertaining to the Lubavitchers or their movement.

    Category: Judaism

Origin of Lubavitcher:

< Yiddish lubavitsher, after Lubavitsh (< Byelorussian Lyubavichi) a town that was the center of the movement, 1813–1915

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Lubavitcher(noun)

    a member of the Lubavitch movement; a follower of Chabad Hasidism


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