Meanings
plural Jewesses
- datedhumorousA female Jew.First known use 14th c.
You really are a high-class Jewess, lemme tell ya.
2015, Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Knockoffs (Broad City), season 2, episode 4, spoken by Bobbi Wexler (Susie Essman), via Comedy Central3 more examples
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.
1920, Winston Churchill, Zionism versus BolshevismTo whom did Ivanhoe tip his lance in gallantry today? To a Jewess named Rebecca, daughter of Isaac, the banker of his tribe. What could he want of the Jews except money for the ransom?
1952, IvanhoeAs for Wahram V (Gur), the Zoroastrian Persians could see him as a legitimate ruler and the Jews would see him as a Jewish king. After all, he was Jewish since his mother was a Jewess.
2009, Touraj Daryaee, Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire, London: I.B.Tauris, →ISBN, page 78
Origin
- Old Frenchjuiesse
- Middle EnglishJewesse
- EnglishJewess
From Middle English Jewesse, from Old French juiesse, juise; equivalent to Jew + -ess.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic يَهُودِيَّة
- يَهُودِيَّة (yahūdiyya)female Jew
Bulgarian евре́йка
- евре́йка (evréjka)female Jew
Catalan jueva
- juevafemale Jew
Chinese Mandarin 猶太人 /犹太人
- 猶太人 /犹太人 (yóutàirén)female Jew
Czech Židovka
- Židovkafemale Jew
Danish jødinde
- jødindefemale Jew
Dutch jodin
- jodinfemale Jew
Esperanto judino
- judinofemale Jew
Estonian juuditar
- juuditarfemale Jew
Finnish juutalaisnainen
- juutalaisnainenfemale Jew
French Juive, juive
- Juivefemale Jew
- juivefemale Jew
German Jüdin
- Jüdinfemale Jew
Greek Ιουδαία
- Ιουδαία (Ioudaía)female Jew
Hebrew יהודיה \ יְהוּדִיָּה
- יהודיה \ יְהוּדִיָּה (yehudiyá)female Jew
Hindi यहूदिनी
- यहूदिनी (yahūdinī)female Jew
Hungarian zsidó
- zsidófemale Jew
Italian giudea, ebrea
- giudeafemale Jew
- ebreafemale Jew
Japanese ユダヤ人
- ユダヤ人 (yudayajin)female Jew
Korean 유대인, 유태인
- 유대인 (yudaein)female Jew
- 유태인 (yutaein)female Jew
Latin iūdaea
- iūdaeafemale Jew
Latvian ebrejs
- ebrejsfemale Jew
Norwegian Bokmål jødinne
- jødinnefemale Jew
Persian یهودی
- یهودی (yahudi)female Jew
Polish Żydówka
- Żydówkafemale Jew
Portuguese judia
- judiafemale Jew
Romanian evreică
- evreicăfemale Jew
Russian евре́йка, жидо́вка
- евре́йка (jevréjka)female Jew
- жидо́вка (židóvka)female Jew
Slovak Židovka
- Židovkafemale Jew
Spanish judía
- judíafemale Jew
Swedish judinna
- judinnafemale Jew
Turkish Musevi, Yahudi
- Musevifemale Jew
- Yahudifemale Jew
Ukrainian євре́йка, жидо́вка
- євре́йка (jevréjka)female Jew
- жидо́вка (žydóvka)female Jew
Urdu یہودنی
- یہودنی (yahūdinī)female Jew
Vietnamese người Do Thái
- người Do Tháifemale Jew
Welsh Iddewes
- Iddewesfemale Jew
Yiddish ייִדישקע, ייִדיש־קינד
- ייִדישקע (yidishke)female Jew
- ייִדיש־קינד (yidish-kind)female Jew
- בת־ישׂראל (bas-yisroel)female Jew
- ייִדישע טאָכטער (yidishe tokhter)female Jew
Cite this entry
Jewess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jewess
“Jewess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jewess. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jewess,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jewess.
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