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goy

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goy  (goi)
n. pl. goy·im (goim) or goys Offensive
Used as a disparaging term for one who is not a Jew.
[Yiddish, from Hebrew gôy, Jew ignorant of the Jewish religion, non-Jew; see gwy in Semitic roots.]
goyish adj.
goy [gɔɪ]
n pl goyim [ˈgɔɪɪm], goys
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) a Jewish word for a gentile
[from Yiddish, from Hebrew goi people]
goyish  adj
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Noun1.goy - a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
non-Jew, gentile
Christian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
shegetz - an offensive term for non-Jewish young man; "why does she like all those shkotzim?"


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Then arrived, two by two, with a gravity which made a contrast in the midst of the frisky ecclesiastical escort of Charles de Bourbon, the eight and forty ambassadors of Maximilian of Austria, having at their head the reverend Father in God, Jehan, Abbot of Saint-Bertin, Chancellor of the Golden Fleece, and Jacques de Goy, Sieur Dauby, Grand Bailiff of Ghent.
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