bochur

English

Etymology

From Hebrew בָּחוּר (“young man”).

Noun

bochur (plural bochurim)

1. A (male) student at a yeshiva.
   • 2011 July 4, cindys, soc.culture.jewish.moderated‎^[1] (Usenet):

     My son told me that the principal had passed a new rule that if a bochur were a smoker, he had to leave the yeshiva and could not return until he stopped smoking.