Link Centre Dictionary

Jewess

je·wess

UK/ˈd͡ʒuː.ɛs/ US/d͡ʒuːˈɛs/ rare dated

noun

1.

a woman who is a Jew

Origin

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

Related words

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.