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Goy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Offensive Used as a disparaging term for one who is not a Jew.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A non-Jew, a Gentile.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In Jewish use, a nation.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a Christian as contrasted with a Jew

Word Usage

"But this didn't stop her from being snobbish to me, and continuing to use the word "goy" - a pejorative term meaning "gentiles" - around me, which she knew offended me, since it disrespected a lot of people I loved."

Variant

goyim

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Elroy Floy Illinois Joy Oi Roy Savoy Troy ahoy annoy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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