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[ joo -ish ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈdʒu ɪʃ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews or Judaism: Jewish customs.
Informal . Yiddish.
Origin of Jewish 1540–50; Jew + -ish1 ; compare Old English iudēisc <Late Latin iudē (us ) Jew + Old English -isc -ish1
OTHER WORDS FROM Jewish Jew·ish·ly, adverb anti-Jewish, adjective half-Jewish, adjective non-Jewish, adjective
pre-Jewish, adjective pro-Jewish, adjective
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Words nearby Jewish jewelweed, Jewess, Jewett, jewfish, jewie, Jewish , Jewish American Princess, Jewish Autonomous Region, Jewish calendar, Jewish Defense League, Jewishness
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Example sentences from the Web for Jewish “I have to think her body type played a role,” said Rachel Greenblatt, a Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Harvard University.
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Like most Jewish mothers, Myerson thought her daughter could do better.
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No Jewish woman has been crowned Miss America since Bess Myerson won in 1945.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America? | Emily Shire| January 7, 2015| DAILY BEAST
The Book of Jonah was written directly in rebuke of one form of Jewish exclusiveness.
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Great was the commotion stirred up against him in the Jewish community of Amsterdam.
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It was closely connected with the Jewish Therapeutæ of Egypt, and was the leading mystic order of the time.
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He was especially careful in behalf of the Jewish men because he knew that they were a minority and might otherwise be neglected.
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In these four primary characteristics the Jewish immigrants stand apart from all the others.
Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 | Samuel Joseph
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British Dictionary definitions for Jewish adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of Jews
noun a less common word for Yiddish
Derived forms of Jewish Jewishly , adverb Jewishness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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