kibbutznik
noun
kib·butz·nik ki-ˈbu̇t-snik 
-ˈbüt-
-ˈbüt- : a member of a kibbutz
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Israeli and Jewish identity has always been more complex than those aging stereotypes, of course, but today, the image of the pioneering kibbutznik is fading. 
Rory Jones, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017 Israelis proudly compared the kibbutzniks—brawny, sun-kissed from work in the fields and ready to fight for their nation—with the images of the pallid, defenseless Diaspora Jews who fell prey to the horrors of the Holocaust. Rory Jones, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017 In 1948, when Israel declared its independence, more than 5% of the population were kibbutzniks Rory Jones, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017 How was a kibbutznik raised by Polish or Moroccan immigrants supposed to understand what to do with the plumes of sumac that grow wild in the Judean Hills? Saki Knafo, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017 How was a kibbutznik raised by Polish or Moroccan immigrants supposed to understand what to do with the plumes of sumac that grow wild in the Judean Hills? Saki Knafo, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
Rory Jones, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017 Israelis proudly compared the kibbutzniks—brawny, sun-kissed from work in the fields and ready to fight for their nation—with the images of the pallid, defenseless Diaspora Jews who fell prey to the horrors of the Holocaust. Rory Jones, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017 In 1948, when Israel declared its independence, more than 5% of the population were kibbutzniks Rory Jones, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017 How was a kibbutznik raised by Polish or Moroccan immigrants supposed to understand what to do with the plumes of sumac that grow wild in the Judean Hills? Saki Knafo, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017 How was a kibbutznik raised by Polish or Moroccan immigrants supposed to understand what to do with the plumes of sumac that grow wild in the Judean Hills? Saki Knafo, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017 Word History
Etymology
Yiddish kibutsnik, from kibuts kibbutz (from Modern Hebrew qibbūṣ) + -nik, agent suffix
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above