jewess (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Jewess*:
NOUN	person	Jewess	a woman who is a Jew

Jewess > pronunciation
Sounds	jhuw'ahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *Jewess*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	A woman who is a Jew.
Instances	Esther	(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen
	Jezebel	wife of Ahab who was king of Israel
	Lot's wife	(Old Testament) when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his family were told to flee without looking back
	Mary, Virgin Mary, The Virgin, Blessed Virgin, Madonna	The mother of Jesus
Broader	Jew, Hebrew, Israelite	A person belonging to the worldwide / worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural / cultural or religious ties
Spanish	hebrea, judía
Catalan	hebrea, jueva

HyperDic: jewess