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Jew
Noun
1. a person whose religion is Judaism
2. a descendant of the ancient Hebrews [Hebrew yehūdāh Judah]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.JewJew - a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
Jewry - Jews collectively
Ashkenazi - a Jew of eastern European or German descent
Conservative Jew - Jew who keeps some requirements of Mosaic law but adapts others to suit modern circumstances
Essene - a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus
Jewess - a woman who is a Jew
hymie, kike, sheeny, yid - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
Levite - a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (especially the branch that provided male assistants to the temple priests)
Orthodox Jew - Jew who practices strict observance of Mosaic law
Pharisee - a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions
Reform Jew - liberal Jew who tries to adapt all aspects of Judaism to modern circumstances
Sadducee - a member of an ancient Jewish sect around the time of Jesus; opposed to the Pharisees
Sephardi, Sephardic Jew - a Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent
Wandering Jew - a legendary Jew condemned to roam the world for mocking Jesus at the Crucifixion
Zealot - a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans
Zionist - a Jewish supporter of Zionism
Translations

Jew [dʒuː] njudío
Jew [dʒuː] nJuif m
Jew [dʒuː] nJude m, Jüdin f
Jew [dʒuː] nebreo

Jew
n Jew [dʒuː]
a member of the Jewish people, whose religion is Judaism. JoodيَهوديевреинŽidjødeder JudeΕβραίοςjudíojuutیهودیjuif/-iveיְהוּדִיयहूदीžidovzsidóYahudiebreoユダヤ人、ユダヤ教徒žydasebrejsorang YahudijoodjødeZydеврейŽidJud, ŽidJevrejinjudeผู้นับถือศาสนายิวYahudi猶太人, 猶太教徒єврейیہودی مذہب کا پیروngười Do Thái,
adj Jewish [-iʃ]
Jewish food; the Jewish New Year.Joodseيَهوديеврейскиžidovskýjødiskjüdischεβραϊκόςjudíojuudiوابسته به مذهب یهودjuif/-iveיְהוּדִיयूहदीžidovskizsidó(s)Yahudiebraicoユダヤ人[]のžydų, žydiškasebrejuYahudijoodsjødisk, jøde-żydowskiеврейскийžidovskýjudovski, židovskijevrejskijudiskเกี่ยวกับชาวยิวหรือศาสนายิวYahudi猶太人的єврейський; іудейськийیہودییت سے متعلقthuộc về người Do Thái

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So to supply his friend's need Antonio decides to borrow the money, and soon a Jew named Shylock is found who is willing to lend it.
spoke up the fourth man, a huge-bulking, colossal- bodied, greasy-seeming grossness of flesh--the Armenian Jew and San Francisco pawnbroker the previous steward had warned Daughtry about.
The Jew - of Da Souza's nationality it was impossible to have any doubt - was coarse and large of his type, he wore soiled linen clothes and was smoking a black cigar.
 
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