English Explanatory Dictionary

Jewess

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A female Jew.

Word forms

Jewess Jewesses

Etymology

From Middle English Jewesse, from Old French juiesse, juise; equivalent to Jew + -ess.

Related words

Jew Jewish Jewry Judaica Judaism Judea Hebrew Israeli Israelite Yiddish

Derived words

crypto-Jewess Hassidic Jewess Orthodox Jewess secular Jewess

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