Definition of goy

nocturnal Definition: (adjective) of the night; active at night. Petersons.com

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< gownsman

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de >

goy    (goi) KEY  

NOUN:
Offensive pl. goy·im   (goim) KEY   or goys

Used as a disparaging term for one who is not a Jew.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Yiddish, from Hebrew gôy, Jew ignorant of the Jewish religion, non-Jew; see gwy in Semitic roots

OTHER FORMS:
goyish (Adjective)

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