Lubavitcher

[ loo-buh-vich-er, loo-bah-vi-cher ]

noun

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

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lubavitcher¹

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