Jedi
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6.8
- proper noun
- /ˈdʒɛdaɪ/
- Literature
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Jedi
- The Force is what gives a Jedi Knight his power.
- Return of the Jedi
- a Jedi knight
- a Jedi warrior
He, if my granddad is Obi Wan, was Obi Wan Kenobi the Jedi, you know, who held with the Force?
- He, if my granddad is Obi Wan, was Obi Wan Kenobi the Jedi, you know, who held with the Force?
- We'll come back to these once they've been fully charged up and I'm ready to dispatch those pesky Jedis.
- I once dressed as Luke Skywalker from Return of the Jedi in high school.
- Maddie, the Jedi, like Star Wars, Floyd Floyd.
- Peak wokeness hit with the editorial on Jedi so the Jedi Knights and Star Wars.
- The whole dark side and the Jedi's is very, very, very, very well done.
- The Roman Empire, Icelandic Commonwealth, Hasmonian Kingdom, Sing Goku, Jedi, Japan.
- I, I don't remember seeing, I think I can almost, I don't remember seeing Return of the Jedi in the theater.
- Got his start as an Ewok in Return of the Jedi.
Examples
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Good triumphed over evil, and Jedi Masters trained their students in the ways of The Force.
Academic text (2013) -
The Jedi used their skills to protect the galaxy from dark forces.
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The young Jedi has arrived.
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This is a weapon of a Jedi knight.
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"I, of all people, recognize the need to add new Jedi to our ranks.
Fiction book (1991) -
Luke Skywalker has formed an academy to reestablish the Jedi Knights, former guardians of the Old Republic.
Fiction book (1996) -
Each Jedi trains for many years to master the ways of the Force.
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In the Star Wars saga, a Jedi often faces great challenges to maintain peace.
Compounds
- Literature
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7.9
A wise, highly skilled leader in the Jedi group from Star Wars, also a word for someone very skilled
- Informal
A clever, hidden way to persuade someone by making them think or feel differently
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jedi was created by filmmaker George Lucas and is often linked to the Japanese word jidaigeki, which means 'period drama' about samurai. Thinking of 'space samurai' gives an easy picture for why the Jedi are warriors who follow a code.