Jew
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2.4
- noun
- /dʒu/
:
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.
- Guess what a million Jew haters came and said.
- My daughter speaks Hebrew like a true Jew from Israel.
- My brother-in-law is Egyptian, Egyptian Jews, African Jews, North African.
- He's a, he's a Romanian Jew, I think Russian.
- It was a time when Jews were trying to get out.
- They're the problem, not, not the Jews, That's, that's the other guys.
- I'm an Ashkenazi Jew and very proud of it.
- What do you mean the rights of some Jews, some Christians, some Muslims?
- So obviously it's because Jews are involved, obviously.
- Somebody told me the, the the Jews say this.
- And you have a lot of your black Jews from Ethiopia.
- But OK, she thinks that we're Hasidic Jews based on what we're wearing.
- But there was still unrest because Jews were given certain privileges.
- But we have Jews and Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs.
- It doesn't have to do with Jews or Slavic people.
Examples
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I'm an Ashkenazi Jew and very proud of it.
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Some say John was a Jew.
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What is it like to be a Jew in Germany?
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"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.
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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?
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I'm an Ashkenazi Jew and very proud of it.
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Is there still prejudice against Jews in some quarters here in America?
Synonyms
A person who follows the Jewish religion
Compounds
1
7.1
A person of Jewish background whose family comes from Spain, Portugal, or North Africa
- Slur
1
9.9
A person from the Jewish community who criticizes or feels ashamed of their background
- Slur
A story about a Jewish man who wanders the world as punishment for making fun of Jesus
Surface Forms
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.