Jewess (redirected from Jewesses)

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.

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Jewess

Noun

Now often offensive a woman whose religion is Judaism

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Jewess - 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