Jew-baiting

American

[joo-bay-ting] / ˈdʒuˌbeɪ tɪŋ /

noun

active antisemitism, including threats, hate speech, and other forms of overt harassment targeting Jews.

Jew-baiting British

noun

active persecution or harassment of Jews

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Jew-baiter

noun

Etymology

Origin of Jew-baiting

First recorded in 1890–95

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It told how King Ahasuerus of Persia was lured into marriage by the Jewess Esther, how she persuaded him to banish the Jew-baiting Vizier Haman, and thus saved the Persian Jews from massacre.

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