Library / English Dictionary

GOY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: goyim   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Christian as contrasted with a Jew

Synonyms:

gentile; goy; non-Jew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("goy" is a kind of...):

Christian (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "goy"):

shegetz (an offensive term for non-Jewish young man)

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