Jewess
Americannoun
noun
Sensitive Note
First used in the Middle Ages, the term Jewess has been an inoffensive, neutral term for most of its history. With the advent of the civil rights and feminist movements of the 1960s, it began to be considered condescending and has since declined in use. See also -ess.
Etymology
Origin of Jewess
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English jewesse; see origin at Jew, -ess
Example Sentences
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They were pursued by agents and producers, and wrote a pilot for HBO about a female superhero called Jewess Jones.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 14, 2015
There is palaver between a liberal writer and a Nazi diplomat, and the story of a refugee Jewess.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jean Giraudoux has fashioned a modern parable on the motivations of heroism and piety from the apocryphal story of the Jewess who glorified herself and saved her nation by destroying a pagan conqueror.
From Time Magazine Archive
When war came, the young Jewess became a "survivor"; she "survived everything," including the concentration camp at Auschwitz.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thinking of this, Francie stared at the Pregnant Jewess.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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