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Definition of Jewess

1. Noun. A woman who is a Jew.

Definition of Jewess

1. n. A Hebrew woman.

Definition of Jewess

1. Noun. (archaic) A female Jew. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Jewess

1. Of Jew. A Hebrew woman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jewess

Literary usage of Jewess

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

1. Southern Literary Messenger (1850)
"Yes, a Jewess n to be my wife. My children are to be half-blooded Jews. ... "The Jewess has come to church ! Do yon know whether she is likely to be ..."

2. A Hebrew Anthology: A Collection of Poems and Dramas Inspired by the Old by George Alexander Kohut (1913)
"Jewess. MY dark-browed daughter of the Sun, Dear Bedouin of the desert sands, Sad daughter of the ravished lands, Of savage Sinai, Babylon— O, Egypt-eyed, ..."

3. The Standard Operas, Their Plots and Their Music by George Putnam Upton (1914)
"HALEVY (JACQUES FRANCOIS) The Jewess -1—A the libretto originally written for Rossini and rejected TF A Juive," grand opera in five acts, words by Scribe, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... name applied to the English novelist and dramatist, Mrs. Aphra Behn, a Jewess, who was noted for the coarseness of her plays. ..."

5. The Life of Baron Frederick Trenck, Containing His Adventures, His Cruel and by Friedrich Trenck (1828)
"The report at Magdeburg was, that a Jewess had obtained money from my sister, and bribed two grenadiers, and that one of these had trusted, ..."

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