# poritz

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A wealthy landowner who controls a shtetl.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish פּריץ (porets, “landowner”), from Hebrew פׇּרִיץ (pārīṣ, “bandit”). Compare Polish puryc.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/poritz