Wandering Jew noun

A legendary Jew in the folklore esp of NW Europe who cannot die but must wander until the end of the world or until Christ's second coming, as a punishment for taunting Christ on the way to the Crucifixion, his name occurring variously as Cartaphilus, Ahasuerus, Buttadeus, etc

wandering Jew noun

Any of several trailing or creeping plants, esp a species of Tradescantia (T. fluminensis) with variegated leaves

wandering nerve noun

The vagus, the tenth cranial nerve

wandering sailor noun

A popular trailing house plant, Tradescantia blossfeldiana, with leaves that are maroon on the underside

wander plug noun

An electrical plug on a flexible wire capable of being inserted in any appropriate socket

wander year noun

A year spent in travel to complete training or broaden experience before settling down to a trade or profession

Jew /joo/

noun

1. A member of a Semitic people practising a monotheistic religion
2. An Israelite
3. A usurer, miser, someone who drives a hard bargain (offensive)

adjective (derogatory or offensive)

Jewish

transitive verb and intransitive verb (old; offensive; also without cap)

To haggle (with) or get the better of in a bargain

Jewˈess noun (offensive when used by non-Jews)

A Jewish woman

Jewˈish adjective

1. Of the Jews or their religion
2. Extortionate, money-grubbing (offensive)

Jewˈishly adverb

Jewˈishness noun

Jewˈry noun

1. The Jewish world, community or religion
2. Judaea (archaic)
3. A district inhabited by Jews (historical).

Jewˈ-baiting noun

The persecuting of Jews

jewˈfish noun

A name for several very large American and Australian fishes

Jew'sˈ-ear noun

An ear-like fungus (genus Auricularia) parasitic on elder and other trees

Jew's eye noun

Something of very high value (Shakespeare ‘worth a Jewe's eye’; from the practice of torturing Jews for money)

Jew's-frankˈincense noun

Benzoin

Jew's-harpˈ or Jews'-harpˈ or Jew's-trumpˈ or Jews'-trumpˈ noun

(also without cap) a small lyre-shaped instrument played against the teeth by plucking a metal tongue with the finger

Jews' houses or leavings plural noun

In Cornwall, remains of prehistoric miners' dwellings, mine refuse, and tin furnaces

Jew's mallow noun

1. A yellow-flowered plant, Kerria japonica (family Rosaceae)
2. (Jews' mallow) jute, Corchorus olitorius

Jew's-myrˈtle noun

Butcher's broom

Jew'sˈ-pitch noun

Asphalt

Jew'sˈ-stone noun

A large fossil sea-urchin spine

Jews' thorn noun

Christ's thorn

wandering Jew see under wander