As a verb jew
is (offensive) to bargain, to attempt to gain an unfair price in a business deal; to defraud.
As a proper noun jerusalem is
jerusalem.
jew
English
(Jew)
Noun
(
en noun)
An adherent of Judaism.
- I don't have a religion, but my sister is a Jew and my brother is a Wiccan.
A person who claims a cultural or ancestral connection to the Jewish people (see secular Jew).
* William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice (Act III, scene I)
- Hath not a Jew' eyes? Hath not a ' Jew hands, organs
- dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with
- the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject
- to the same diseases, heal'd by the same means,
- warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summer
- as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?
- If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us,
- do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
Usage notes
* The Jewish community overall has a common religion, culture, identity, and ethnicity, but individual Jews do not necessarily share all of these; therefore, a person might be a Jew by one standpoint but not by another.
* Additionally, there are some religious groups that identify themselves as part of Judaism, but that other Jewish groups might not; hence, use of the term Jew often depends on the speaker's opinions.
* The noun Jew'' is not offensive, and the overwhelming majority of English-speaking Jews use the noun ''Jew to identify themselves.
* That said, it has become offensive for historical reasons to use the word Jew'' attributively, in modifying another noun (as in "Jew lawyer"); the adjective ''Jewish is preferred for this purpose.
* Additionally, the derived verbs jew'' and ''jew down are considered offensive, as they reflect stereotypes considered offensive.
Hypernyms
* religionist, Abrahamist. theist, creationist
Coordinate terms
*
Synonyms
* Jewess (qualifier)
* Hebrew (dated)
* Yahudi (quranic)
* Israelite (dated)
* kike (derogatory)
* Moses (qualifier)
* yid (derogatory)
* heeb (derogatory)
* sheeny (derogatory)
* hymie (derogatory)
Hyponyms
*halakhist
Derived terms
* Wandering Jew
* Jewhatred
* Jewsrael
*ex-Jew
jerusalem
Proper noun
(s)
The city located on in the Judean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea which is holy to Judaism (Temple of Solomon and the capital of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judea), Christianity (Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection) and Islam (Muhammad’s ascension to heaven).
Meronyms
* East Jerusalem (EJ), East al-Quds
* West Jerusalem (WJ)
Synonyms
* al-Quds (chiefly in Islamic or Arabic contexts)
* (chiefly in reference to the ancient Roman-era city)
Derived terms
* Jerusalem artichoke
* Jerusalem cherry
* Jerusalemite
*East Jerusalemite
* Jerusalem oak
* Jerusalem sage
* Jerusalem thorn
