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"Jew" Definition
Word Fact:
The word Jew was asked to be removed from the Official Scrabble Dictionary by a woman named Judith Grad. During a game of scrabble her opponent played the word and she challenged it because it was a proper noun. When she looked it up in the dictionary the definition variants of Jew was Jewed, Jewing, Jews which was defined as "to bargain with" which offended her.
Merriam-Webster and Milton Bradley who she contacted to have the word removed, declined her first attempt.
The word Jew was asked to be removed from the Official Scrabble Dictionary by a woman named Judith Grad. During a game of scrabble her opponent played the word and she challenged it because it was a proper noun. When she looked it up in the dictionary the definition variants of Jew was Jewed, Jewing, Jews which was defined as "to bargain with" which offended her.
Merriam-Webster and Milton Bradley who she contacted to have the word removed, declined her first attempt.
noun
A member of the people and cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who trace their origins through the ancient Hebrew people of Israel to Abraham.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A member of the tribe of Judah.
Source: Merriam-Webster
A member of a nation existing in Palestine from the sixth century to the first century.
Source: Merriam-Webster
A person belonging to a continuation through descent or conversion of the ancient Jewish people.
Source: Merriam-Webster
One whose religion is Judaism.
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-transitive
Offensive To bargain shrewdly or unfairly with. Often used with down.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Offensive To haggle so as to reduce (a price). Often used with down.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary