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knickerbockers

Hebrew translation: אציל

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English term or phrase:knickerbockers
Hebrew translation:אציל

17:45 Mar 11, 2004
English to Hebrew translations [Non-PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: knickerbockers
I did find the exact meaning of the word (אברכי-ברך, אברכיים) but I don't know how to translate it in this context: "Theodore Roosevelt grew up as an upper class knickerbockers which ment that he was at the top of the heap socially. You coldn't get more feet than Theodore Roosevelt".
Nathalie Granek
אציל
Explanation:
הניקרבוקר הראשון היה דמות פיקטיבית של הסופר ואשינגטון אירבינג. המילה מתייחסת ליוצאי ההולנדים בניו יורק, המתיישבים בראשונים מאירופה.
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Jonathan Spector
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Local time: 14:58
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4salta veshamna shel hakhevra
Alex Zelkind (X)
4אציל
Jonathan Spector


  

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salta veshamna shel hakhevra


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Maybe you can translate the whole passage like that

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אציל


Explanation:
הניקרבוקר הראשון היה דמות פיקטיבית של הסופר ואשינגטון אירבינג. המילה מתייחסת ליוצאי ההולנדים בניו יורק, המתיישבים בראשונים מאירופה.


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Jonathan Spector
Israel
Local time: 14:58
Native speaker of: English
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