Jewess

noun

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Noun

1
A female Jew. dated, humorous
"And the prominent, if not indeed the principal, part in the system of terrorism applied by the Extraordinary Commissions for Combating Counter-Revolution has been taken by Jews, and in some notable cases by Jewesses."
2
a woman who is a Jew wordnet

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"And the prominent, if not indeed the principal, part in the system of terrorism applied by the Extraordinary Commissions for Combating Counter-Revolution has been taken by Jews, and in some notable cases by Jewesses."

Etymology

From Middle English Jewesse, from Old French juiesse, juise; equivalent to Jew + -ess.

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