单词 | jewess |
释义 | Jewessn. A Jewish girl or woman.Now somewhat old-fashioned and sometimes offensive. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > [noun] > Jew > woman Jewessc1390 Hebrewess1535 Jew girl1796 c1390 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) l. 41 For gentrise and Ioye of þat Iuwesse. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deeds xvi. 1 Timothe, the sone of a Jewesse [L. mulieris iudaeae] cristen. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) l. 437 (MED) The forsaid Iohn..defended the said iiij d. of yerely rent to the forsaid maister Thomas..ayenst all peple, men and women, bothe Iewes, Iewesses, and cristen men. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xxiv. 24 Felix and his wyfe Drusilla which was a iewes [1534 Iewas, 1539 Cranmer Iewesse, 1611 Iew]. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 214 (note) For the Virgin Mary, say they, wore the Ring on her middle finger, and therefore all Iewesses refuse that, and use the forefinger. 1780 ‘N. Ward Jr.’ Comforts Matrimony 25 Dialogue..between a Jew and a Jewess. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xvii. 352 I am English-born. But I am a Jewess. 1917 Amer. Jewish Chron. 20 July 303/3 The Jews and Jewesses affiliated with the Red Cross Society have given and continue to give their efforts, their money and their personal service. 2007 R. Mock Jewish Women on Stage, Film & Television Introd. 9 These exotic and eroticized beautiful Jewesses remained distant and unobtainable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1390 |
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