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Etymology edit

Palmach +‎ -nik

Noun edit

Palmachnik (plural Palmachniks)

  1. A member of the Palmach.
    • 1998, Aviva Halamish, The Exodus Affair: Holocaust Survivors and the Struggle for Palestine, page 76:
      Moreover, the Mossad people differed from the Palmachniks in several ways: a. age - the Mossad people were usually older than the Palmachniks; b. background - most of the Mossad people had themselves immigrated from Europe, while the Palmachniks were mostly Palestine-born []