halutz

American

[khah-loots] / xɑˈluts /

Or chalutz

noun

Hebrew.

a person who immigrates to Israel to establish or join a settlement for accomplishing tasks, as clearing the land or planting trees, that are necessary to future development of the country.

halutz British

/ hɑːˈlʊts, xɑˈlʊts /

noun

a variant spelling of chalutz

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

halutzim

plural

Etymology

Origin of halutz

Modern Hebrew ḥaluṣ. literally, pioneer

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