Israelian

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person from the northern kingdom of ancient Israel. historical, rare
  2. 2
    An Israeli. nonstandard, rare
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the northern kingdom of ancient Israel, its people, or their language. historical, not-comparable
  2. 2
    Israeli. nonstandard, not-comparable, rare

Etymology

From Israel + -ian, in the historical sense coined by American Jewish theologian Harold Louis Ginsberg in 1982 in contrast to Israelite. Mostly used by non-native speakers of English, instead of the standard word Israeli.

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