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SHIKSA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women

Synonyms:

shiksa; shikse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)

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