GOY

gentile, non-Jew, goy

(noun) a Christian as contrasted with a Jew

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

goy (plural goyim or goys or goyem)

A non-Jew, a gentile. (See usage notes)

Synonyms: akum, gentile, shegetz, shkotz

Hyponym: shiksa (female)

Usage notes

This noun is sometimes taken to be offensive; speakers wishing to avoid offense may prefer the term gentile (sometimes capitalized as Gentile) or simply non-Jew.

Anagrams

• ygo

Noun

Goy (plural Goyim)

Alternative letter-case form of goy

Anagrams

• ygo

Source: Wiktionary



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