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US /dʒuː/ UK /dʒuː/
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Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group with origins in the ancient Israelites

    Jews have lived in communities across Europe, North Africa, Asia, and the Americas for many centuries.

  2. 2

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Synonyms
2 noun · a person whose religion is... follower of Judaism
Word family
Forms Jews
Derived forms Jewish
Related forms JudaismJewish peopleIsraelitediasporaHebrew

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Etymology

From Middle English Jew, through Old French and Latin Iudaeus, 'Judean,' from Greek Ioudaios and ultimately Hebrew Yehudah, 'Judah.' The word names an ethnoreligious identity; using it as a verb or as a stereotype for greed is offensive.

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