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Definition of Wandering Jew
1. Noun. A legendary Jew condemned to roam the world for mocking Jesus at the Crucifixion.
Definition of Wandering Jew
1. Proper noun. A Jewish shoemaker who, in Christian tradition, taunted Jesus Christ on the way to his (Jesus') crucifixion and for that was condemned to wander the Earth until Jesus' return (ie. the second coming). ¹
2. Proper noun. One of three species of spiderwort plants, (spelink Tradescantia pallida) (also called (spelink Setcreasea purpurea)), (spelink Tradescantia fluminensis), and (spelink Tradescantia zebrina). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com