Jew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jo͞o
ipa: /d͡ʒuː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: dew
Forms: form: Jews
form: Jewes
form: Joo
Etymology: From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ.
Senses: examples: text: Both Jews and Muslims refrain from eating pork.
synonyms: Judaist
antonyms: gentile
goy
hypernyms: Abrahamist
Judeo-Christian
monotheist
glosses: An adherent of Judaism.
examples: text: Many Jews eat bagels.
text: Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs
dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with
the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject
to the same diseases, heal'd by the same means,
warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summer
as a Christian is?
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: The wrongs of a Jew are not lightly forgotten, for the race can both love and hate.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: A young Australian Jew engaged on the trip of a lifetime finally arrives in the homeland of his people.
ref: 1996 March 1, The Australian Jewish News, Melbourne, page 33, column 1:
text: The local gazetteers of Xiangfu district, Kaifeng prefecture, and Henan province⁵ mention a surprisingly large number of Kaifeng Jews and their successes in Chinese society with dates.
ref: 1998, Donald Daniel Leslie, “Chinese Native Sources”, in Jews and Judaism in Traditional China: A Comprehensive Bibliography (Monumenta Serica Monograph Series), volume XLIV, Nettetal, Germany: Steyler Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 42:
text: There are Jews who consider themselves White and Jews who are people of color.
ref: 2023 April 4, Harmeet Kaur, “What does it mean to be Jewish in the US?”, in CNN:
text: The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery.
ref: 2024 October 13, Reuters, “Centuries-old mystery of Christopher Columbus’s true origins revealed in study”, in CNN:
antonyms: gentile
goy
hypernyms: Hebrew
Israelite
glosses: A member or descendant of the Jewish people.
examples: text: “Jesus, Williams, you're such a Jew,” Jimmy said in an annoyed, high-pitched tone. “Have you ever just paid a check, or do you always make an ass of yourself?”
ref: 2010, Matthew S. Hiley, Hubris Falls, page 111:
glosses: A miserly or greedy person; a cheapskate.
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: A ship's tailor.
Hypernyms: word: Abrahamist
word: People of the Book
word: Semite
Hyponyms: word: Essene
word: Judeo-Christian
word: Pharisee
word: Sadducee
word: Zealot
Derived terms: word: crypto-Jew
word: edjewcation
word: electric Jew
word: Exchequer of the Jews
word: Hinjew
word: Jewbag
word: Jew bail
word: Jewboy
word: jewbush
word: Jew City
word: Jew crew
word: Jewdar
word: Jewdom
word: jew down
word: Jewess
word: Jewface
word: Jew-free
word: Jewfro
word: Jewfucker
word: Jewgirl
word: Jew-hatred
word: Jewhatred
word: Jewhood
word: Jewie
word: Jewification
word: Jewify
word: Jew-ish
word: Jewish
word: Jewism
word: Jewitch
word: Jewitchery
word: jew
word: Jewkraine
word: Jewland
word: Jewlensky
word: Jewless
word: Jewlike
word: Jewling
word: Jew lizard
word: jewlover
word: Jewlywood
word: Jewman
word: Jewmerica
word: Jewmerican
word: Jewnited Snakes
word: Jewnited States
word: Jewniverse
word: Jewocracy
word: Jewphobia
word: Jewrusalem
word: Jewry
word: JewSA
word: Jew's ear
word: Jew's frankincense
word: Jew's harp
word: Jew's harpist
word: Jewship
word: Jew's house
word: Jew's lime
word: Jew's mallow
word: Jew's myrtle
word: Jewspeak
word: Jew's pitch
word: Jewsploitation
word: Jewsrael
word: Jew's slime
word: jewstone
word: Jew's-trump
word: Jewtard
word: Jew-Tongo
word: Jewtopia
word: Jewtube
word: Jew World Order
word: Jewy
word: Jewey
word: Jew York
word: Jew York Shitty
word: Jew York Times
word: Jewz
word: keen as a Jew
word: Mountain Jew
word: non-Jew
word: October 8 Jew
word: October 8th Jew
word: Paradesi Jew
word: Red Jews
word: refujew
word: self-hating Jew
word: wandering Jew
word: Wandering Jew
word: worth a Jew's eye
word: ZioJew