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Jewess

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Jew·ess  (js)
n. Offensive
A Jewish woman or girl.
Usage Note: Like many other English nouns in which the suffix -ess is added to a gender-neutral word to indicate femaleness, the terms Jewess and Negress are now widely regarded as offensive. It is interesting to note that the objection to words formed with the -ess suffix does not apply to words such as Latina and Chicana, whose contrasting forms Latino and Chicano are not gender-neutral but rather refer even in English primarily to males. See Usage Notes at -ess, Latina1.
Jewess
Noun
Now often offensive a woman whose religion is Judaism
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.JewessJewess - a woman who is a Jew                
Jew, Hebrew, Israelite - a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
Translations
Jewess [ˈdʒuːɪs] n → judía
Jewess [ˈdʒuːɪs] n → Juive f
Jewess [ˈdʒuːɪs] n → Jüdin f
Jewess [ˈdʒuːɪs] n → ebrea


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There were cellars underneath (lined with wood of course, the whole house was built of wood); they had stowed their children away down there, and one more particularly, a girl of seventeen, as handsome as a Jewess can be when she keeps herself tidy and has not fair hair.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
Da Souza, a Jewess portly and typical, resplendent in black satin and many gold chains and bangles, occupied the seat of honour, and by her side was a little brown girl, with dark, timid eyes and dusky complexion, pitiably over-dressed but with a certain elf-like beauty, which it was hard to believe that she could ever have inherited.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Genevieve was aware only of the diatribe; she knew a flood of abuse was pouring from the lips of the Jewess, but she was too stunned to hear the details of the abuse.
The Game by London, Jack View in context
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