different between zayde vs hamish

English

From Yiddish ?????? (zeyde, “grandfather”).

zayde (plural zaydes)

(Jewish) grandfather
- 1974, Fran Ross, Oreo ?ISBN page 207:
  Perhaps, in these circumstances, he would greet his granddaughter as a zayde should, with love and affection.
(Jewish) elderly man (as a term of respect)
- 3 November 1975, John Simon, review of Lies My Father Told Me, New York Magazine page 74:
  The zayde is, as the hoary formula demands, gruff on the outside but wonderful to his horse and David...
- 1997, Susan Berrin, A Heart of Wisdom ?ISBN page 200:
  To many people, the phrase "Jewish elderly" still conjures up images of bearded zaydes with yarmulkes...

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