Ashkenazi
noun pl. Ashkenazim
- a member of the group of Jews that, after the Diaspora, settled in central, northern, and, later, eastern Europe and developed Yiddish as their spoken language
- a descendant of this group
See Ashkenazi in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(äshˌkə-näˈzē)
noun pl. Ash·ke·naz·im (-năzˈĭm, -näˈzĭm) A member of the branch of European Jews, historically Yiddish-speaking, who settled in central and northern Europe.
Related Forms:
- Ashˌke·nazˈic (-näˈzĭk) adjective
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