zayde

plural zaydes · alternative zada · alternative zaida · alternative zaide · alternative zaideh · alternative zaidy · alternative zayda · alternative zaydee · alternative zaydeh · alternative zaydie · alternative zeda · alternative zeideh · alternative zeidi · alternative zeidy · alternative zeyde · alternative zeydie

1. Jewishgrandfather

   Perhaps, in these circumstances, he would greet his granddaughter as a zayde should, with love and affection.

   1974, Fran Ross, Oreo, →ISBN, page 207

2. Jewishelderly man (as a term of respect)

   The zayde is, as the hoary formula demands, gruff on the outside but wonderful to his horse and David...

   3 November 1975, John Simon, review of Lies My Father Told Me, New York Magazine page 74

   1 more example

   To many people, the phrase "Jewish elderly" still conjures up images of bearded zaydes with yarmulkes...

   1997, Susan Berrin, A Heart of Wisdom, →ISBN, page 200

plural Zaydes

1. A surname.