ˌashkəˈnazē, ˌäshkəˈnä-, -zi noun
( plural ashkena·zim -(ˌ)zim ; also ashkenazi )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Hebrew Ashkĕnāzī
: a member of one of the two great divisions of Jews comprising the eastern European Yiddish-speaking Jews — compare sephardi