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‖ shadchan|ˈʃadxən|
Also schadchen, schatchen, shadchen, shadkhan, shadkin, shatchen.
[Yiddish shadkhn, ad. Heb. šaddəḵān, f. šiddēḵ to arrange a marriage; cf. shidduch.]
A Jewish professional matchmaker or marriage-broker. Also fig.
a1890in Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang (1890) II. 219/2 Ten per cent of the dowry goes to the shadkin when the others become kin. 1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 60 He sent a Shadchan to propose to her, and they were affianced, Chayah's father undertaking to give a dowry of two hundred gulden. 1897F. Moss Amer. Metropolis iii. 216 A man named J― H―..acted as schatchen (match-maker). 1950D. Riesman in Psychiatry May 177/1 The lies and sales talk of the schadchen, the Jewish marriage brokers. 1957L. Stern Midas Touch I. viii. 68 ‘Shatchen,’ Israel muttered into his beard, ‘Matchmaker.’ 1959‘W. Haggard’ Venetian Blind vii. 98, I married her..because my parents, on the advice of a reliable shadchan..considered the match suitable. 1968[see marriage broker s.v. marriage 8]. 1976Publishers Weekly 11 Oct. 94/2 Taking the role of shadkhan, the authors bring together seeker and supplier. |