jedi

Jedi

noun

a person who claims to live according to a philosophy based on that of the fictional Jedi, a caste of wizards in the Star Wars series of films by George Lucas, US film director

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Examples from the Web for jedi

Contemporary Examples of jedi

It may look like the Death Star, but this little moon can show us as incredible secrets as any Jedi master.
Saturn’s Death Star Look-Alike
Matthew R. Francis
October 19, 2014
It made the rounds online awhile back that George Lucas had approached you to direct Return of the Jedi.
David Lynch on Transcendental Meditation, ‘Twin Peaks,’ and Collaborating With Kanye West
Marlow Stern
October 6, 2014
Jedi Kanan is also in hiding after his master was killed due to Order 66.
‘Star Wars Rebels’ Explores the Jedi’s Lost Years Between the Prequels and the Original Trilogy
Annaliza Savage
August 2, 2014
And I was like, ‘Does that mean we get to do Empire and Jedi?’
‘Phineas and Ferb’ Pilot Disney’s Premier Voyage into ‘Star Wars’
Jason Lynch
July 25, 2014
In both the first Star Wars and Return of the Jedi, the heroes visit worlds of a type potentially interesting to researchers.
Could ‘Star Wars’ Be Right About Habitable Moons?
Matthew R. Francis
May 4, 2014

Word Origin and History for jedi

Jedi

n.

characters in the "Star Wars" sagas, 1977, apparently an invented word.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper