Definition of Ashkenazi

1. Noun. A Jew of eastern European or German descent.

Generic synonyms: Hebrew, Israelite, Jew

Definition of Ashkenazi

1. Adjective. Of or relating to Jews of German and Eastern Europe origin, and their traditions, customs, and rituals. ¹

2. Noun. An Askhenazi Jew. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ashkenazi

Ash Wednesdays
Asha
Ashby
Ashby method
Ashcan school
Ashchenazim
Ashe
Asher
Asherman
Asherman's syndrome
Asheton
Asheville
Ashgabat
Ashir
Ashkanazim
Ashkenazi (current term)
Ashkenazic
Ashkenazim
Ashkhabad
Ashkun
Ashlee
Ashleigh
Ashley
Ashley's bend
Ashley's bends
Ashley Montagu
Ashlyn
Ashman
Ashman's phenomenon
Ashmolean

Literary usage of Ashkenazi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Jews: A Study of Race and Environment by Maurice Fishberg (1911)
"... type of Jews—The Ashkenazi type of Jews—The Slavonic type—The Turanian type—The Teutonic type—The Mongoloid type—The Negroid type—Other types of Jews. ..."

2. A History of the Jews in England by Albert Montefiore Hyamson (1908)
"There was then no organised system of poor relief Ashkenazi in existence in the ... Cohen was a leading member of the Ashkenazi community, and devoted ..."

3. History of the Jews by Heinrich Graetz, Philipp Boch (1894)
"Under these circumstances, " Rabbi Solomon Ashkenazi," as he was termed, went to Venice in the ... But Solomon Ashkenazi ventured to write as follows to the ..."

4. Moon-o-theism: A Study of Mideast Moon-God Religionsby Yoel Natan by Yoel Natan (2006)
"By 1931, the Ashkenazi, who lived in Christendom, were 92 percent of world ... Ashkenazi Jews: In Israel, Muslims argue that "the Mizrahi Jews (Jews of ..."

5. History of the Jews by Heinrich Graetz, Philipp Bloch (1894)
"Under these circumstances, " Rabbi Solomon Ashkenazi," as he was termed, ... But Solomon Ashkenazi ventured to write as follows to the king of Poland, ..."

6. Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life by Norman B. Anderson, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Barney Cohen (2004)
"Participants were classified into four ethnic groups: Ashkenazi ... The investigators found that age of onset was later in Ashkenazi Jewish elders than ..."

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