shvartser

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שוואַרצער (shvartser), nominative masculine singular form of שוואַרץ (shvarts, “black”).

Noun

shvartser (plural shvartsers)

1. (chiefly US, offensive, ethnic slur) Alternative form of shvartze (masculine)
   • 1991, Art Spiegelman, Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began, New York: Pantheon Books, pages 99-100:

     I had the whole time to watch out that this shvartser doesn't steal us the groceries from the back seat! [...] Now we can make a very happy lunch from all my new groceries, only thank god that your shvartser didn't take them.