Jewess
pronunciation
How to pronounce Jewess in British English:
UK [ˈdʒu:əs]
How to pronounce Jewess in American English:
US [ˈdʒuɪs]
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- Noun:
- a woman who is a Jew
Word Origin
- Jewess (n.)
- late 14c. (late 13c. as a surname), from Old French jüiesse, fem. of jüif (see Jew).
Example
- 1. Kissing another jewess on tv : four points .
- 2. If you add my two points for dating a hot jew to my four points for kissing a jewess to my eight points for being persecuted , you get ( come on , iphone calculator ) .
- 3. Esther , a very beautiful jewess , lived in the very city where these events took place , shushan .
- 4. He came to derbe and then to lystra , where a disciple named timothy lived , whose mother was a jewess and a believer , but whose father was a greek .
- 5. And after certain days , when felix came with his wife drusilla , which was a jewess , he sent for paul , and heard him concerning the faith in christ .