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goy
[ goi ]
noun
- a term used by a Jew to refer to someone who is not Jewish.
- a term used by an observant Jew to refer to a Jew who is not religious or is ignorant of Judaism.
goy
/ ɡɔɪ /
noun
- a Jewish word for a gentile
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Derived Forms
- ˈgoyish, adjective
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Other Words From
- goy·ish adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of goy1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of goy1
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Example Sentences
You put the id back in Yid, Portnoy instructed, and you come to understand the “oy” in goy.
The narrator calls two of the men "Bill the Goy" and "Clyde the Schlub."
In the eyes of the Goy he's something peculiar, something disgraceful!
Pooty soon Bill said to hisself, 'Goy-blamed ef I don't think he's friz to death, or else he'd say somethin'!'
Truly the wise man's proverb is just: "Sedaukauh teromain goy, veh-ka-sade le-u-meem khahmaut."
For what is absolutely necessary they employ an occasional servant, who is known as the "Shobbos Goy."
Two in particular, Agasaki and Goy, are thus described by Kmpfer.
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