WANDERING JEW


Meaning of WANDERING JEW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1628

1. : a Jew of medieval legend condemned by Christ to wander the earth till Christ's second coming

2. not capitalized W : any of several plants (genera Zebrina and Tradescantia ) of the spiderwort family ; especially : either of two trailing or creeping plants ( Z. pendula and T. fluminensis ) cultivated for their showy and often white-striped foliage

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.