Definitions For Smous

Verb

{{en-verb}} (South Africa, historical) To go about selling goods, as an itinerant peddler.

Noun

SMOUS (plural SMOUSs) (chiefly, South Africa, historical) A peddler. (chiefly, South Africa, historical) A jew from germany or eastern europe.

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, smaus, smause, smouse, smouch}}

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, af, smous}} or {{bor, en, nl, smous}}, from a {{der, en, yi, -}} word whose precise origin is {{unc, en, nocap=1}}. One theory is that it derives from {{der, en, yi, משה, tr=moyshe, t=Moses}}, pronounced moushe in Western Yiddish, from {{der, en, he, מֹשֶׁה, tr=moshé, t=Moses}}.

Anagrams

Musso, musos, soums, sumos