Jew

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
   noun

   a person whose religion is Judaism, whether by birth or conversion

   She became a Jew after several years of study and participation in the community.

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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