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