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Ashkenazi

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Noun

1. ashkenazi

a Jew of eastern European or German descent

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ashkenazi

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noun plural -zim (-zɪm)
1. (modifier)
of or relating to the Jews of Germany and E Europe
2. 
a Jew of German or E European descent
3. 
the pronunciation of Hebrew used by these Jews

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Ashkenazi

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nounWord forms: plural ˌAshkeˈnazim (ˌɑʃkəˈnɑzɪm ; äshˌkənäzˈim; ˌæʃkəˈnæzɪm ; ashˌkənazˈim)
1. 
a member of the group of Jews that, after the Diaspora, settled in central, northern, and, later, eastern Europe and developed Yiddish as their spoken language
2. 
a descendant of this group

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ashkenazi

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n. pl. Ash·ke·naz·im (-năzĭm, -näzĭm)
A member of the branch of European Jews, historically Yiddish-speaking, who settled in central and eastern Europe.

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