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Jew

Jew

123 2.4
A person who follows the religion Judaism or has Jewish ancestors
  • noun
  • /dʒu/
translation icon : judío
  • Is there still prejudice against Jews in some quarters here in America?
  • a religious Jew
  • an American Jew
  • an assimilated Jew

Guess what a million Jew haters came and said.

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Examples

  • I'm an Ashkenazi Jew and very proud of it.

  • Some say John was a Jew.

  • What is it like to be a Jew in Germany?

  • "I was born a Jew and I want to live out my life as a Jew," he wrote.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Thus, as the son of a Jewish mother, Montaigne was a Jew according to Nazi law.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The principal violinist came up to me after the first rehearsal - and asked if I was a Jew.

  • What happens to a thoroughly Sovietized Jew in the aftermath of the Holocaust?

    Academic text (1991)
  • What is it like to be a Jew in Germany?

  • I'm an Ashkenazi Jew and very proud of it.

  • Is there still prejudice against Jews in some quarters here in America?

Synonyms

Judaist
vsJew
8.2

A person who follows the Jewish religion

includes people born to Jewish ancestors even if they do not practice

Compounds

11 4.2

A person who strictly follows the traditional religious laws of Judaism

A person of Jewish background whose family comes from Spain, Portugal, or North Africa

A person who keeps some Jewish laws but adapts others for modern life

1 5.5

A person who follows a modern, more liberal form of Judaism

1 9.9

A person from the Jewish community who criticizes or feels ashamed of their background

9.9

Low tropical American shrub whose leaves can make you vomit

Jew-bush
  • Specialized
9.9

A low tropical shrub whose leaves make you throw up

6.3

A person who is not Jewish

9.9

A story about a Jewish man who wanders the world as punishment for making fun of Jesus

Surface Forms

Jew singular
Jews plural

Etymology

The word Jew comes from the Hebrew name Yehudi, which originally meant 'from Judah'. Judah was one of the tribes of ancient Israel and later the name for the people who followed the religion of Judaism, so Jew now means someone who belongs to that people or their religion.