Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An adherent of Judaism as a religion or culture.
- noun A member of the widely dispersed people originally descended from the ancient Hebrews and sharing an ethnic heritage based on Judaism.
- noun A native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Judah.
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- noun An adherent of
Judaism . - noun A person who claims a cultural or ancestral connection to the Jewish people (see
secular Jew ). - verb offensive Alternative capitalization of
jew
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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III.i. 136 (378,7) [my in-cony Jew] [W. jewel] I know not whether it be fit, however specious, to change _Jew_ to _jewel_.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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The term "Jew" comes from the Hebrew word Yehudah meaning thanks, joy, gratitude.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: Expanding Circles Of Thanks Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson 2011
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The term "Jew" comes from the Hebrew word Yehudah meaning thanks, joy, gratitude.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: Expanding Circles Of Thanks Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson 2011
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In this year of sound and fury, this year marked, as never before, by the debate over just war and the aporia of violence, this year in which the name Jew finds itself along with others, but more than others taken in collateral by a History that is rich with as much promise as omens of disaster, I am not unpleased to end it upon this note.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: A Tribute to Edmond Safra Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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In this year of sound and fury, this year marked, as never before, by the debate over just war and the aporia of violence, this year in which the name Jew finds itself along with others, but more than others taken in collateral by a History that is rich with as much promise as omens of disaster, I am not unpleased to end it upon this note.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: A Tribute to Edmond Safra Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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Fordham was the first place I ever heard the phrase "Jew him down" aloud.
Lev Raphael: Minority Report Lev Raphael 2011
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Fordham was the first place I ever heard the phrase "Jew him down" aloud.
Lev Raphael: Minority Report Lev Raphael 2011
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In this year of sound and fury, this year marked, as never before, by the debate over just war and the aporia of violence, this year in which the name Jew finds itself along with others, but more than others taken in collateral by a History that is rich with as much promise as omens of disaster, I am not unpleased to end it upon this note.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: A Tribute to Edmond Safra Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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In this year of sound and fury, this year marked, as never before, by the debate over just war and the aporia of violence, this year in which the name Jew finds itself along with others, but more than others taken in collateral by a History that is rich with as much promise as omens of disaster, I am not unpleased to end it upon this note.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: A Tribute to Edmond Safra Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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In this year of sound and fury, this year marked, as never before, by the debate over just war and the aporia of violence, this year in which the name Jew finds itself along with others, but more than others taken in collateral by a History that is rich with as much promise as omens of disaster, I am not unpleased to end it upon this note.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: A Tribute to Edmond Safra Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011
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