Jewess
[joo-is]
- a term used to refer to a Jewish girl or woman.
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Origin of Jewess
Usage 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.
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Examples from the Web for jewess
Contemporary Examples
So, why no Jewess in the mix of more recent and diverse Miss Americas?
At the back we had some of those steel cupboards where we kept our stock and I put the Jew and the Jewess in there!
‘Soldaten: Secret WWII Transcripts of German POWs’ by Soenke Neitzel & Harald WelzerSönke Neitzel, Harald Welzer
September 24, 2012
Historical Examples
You are no longer a Jewess; you are one of our faith; there is now no bar upon our loves.
Leila, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Then, as to her being a Jewess—who knows what changes love might produce?
Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
This was the first time he omitted to call them the Jew and Jewess.
Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Judith might have been tempted to do that sort of thing; she was a Jewess.
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, CompleteMadame La Marquise De Montespan
Was it, as a Jewess, that my speculations about race had offended her?
That Boy Of Norcott'sCharles James Lever
Jewess
- often offensive a Jewish girl or woman
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Word Origin and History for jewess
Jewess
n.
late 14c. (late 13c. as a surname), from Old French jüiesse, fem. of jüif (see Jew).
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