shadchan

[ Yiddish, Ashkenazic Hebrew, English shaht-khuhn; Sephardic Hebrew shaht-khahn ]

noun

, Yiddish and Hebrew.

, plural shad·cha·nim [shaht-, khaw, -nim, shaht-, kh, ah-, neem], English shad·chans.

1. shadkhan.

shadchan

/ ˈʃatxən; ʃɑdˈxɑn /

noun

1. a Jewish marriage broker

Word History and Origins

Origin of shadchan¹

from Hebrew shadhkhān, from shiddēkh to arrange a marriage

Example Sentences

Many a marriageable maiden who came to view the trousseau went home to prink and blush and watch for the shadchan.

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She even surreptitiously called in the Shadchan, or rather surrendered to his solicitations.

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"Perhaps they won't give a dowry," he thought with a consolatory sense of outwitting the Shadchan.

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"He has all the qualities that you desire," began the Shadchan, in a tone that repudiated the implications of the monosyllable.

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She still lives with her brother and his wife; he married Sugarman the Shadchan's daughter, you know.'

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