Lubavitcher

American  

[loo-buh-vich-er, loo-bah-vi-cher] / ˈlu bəˌvɪtʃ ər, luˈbɑ vɪ tʃər /

noun

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

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Lubavitchers or their movement.

Etymology

Origin of Lubavitcher

< Yiddish lubavitsher, equivalent to Lubavitsh (< Byelorussian Lyubavichi ) a town which was the center of the movement, 1813–1915 + -er -er ¹

Example Sentences

Even today, older Lubavitchers call those violent days a “pogrom,” a Russian word for ethnic cleansing.

From Washington Post

Over the next three days, a race riot erupted, in which black residents protested the police, stormed the Lubavitcher headquarters, and targeted Jewish businesses.

From New York Times

The real estate entrepreneur is not a Lubavitcher but admired the rabbi and his teachings and has visited the site several times.

From Washington Times

Riots erupted after his arrival, after a Lubavitcher driver struck and killed a black child and in retaliation a group of young black men fatally stabbed a rabbinical scholar.

From New York Times

On Fridays, he ate in a kosher dining hall, either Hillel or the Chabad house, which is affiliated with the Lubavitcher Hasidim.

From The New Yorker