JEW


Meaning of JEW in English

■ noun a member of the people whose traditional religion is Judaism and who trace their origins to the ancient Hebrew people of Israel.

Origin

ME: from OFr. juiu , via L. from Gk Ioudaios , via Aramaic from Heb. yĕhūḏī , from yĕhūḏāh 'Judah'.

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