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Ashkenazi

noun

NAmE//ˌɑʃkəˈnɑzi//

, NAmE//ˌæʃkəˈnɑzi//

(pl. Ashkenazim

NAmE//ˌæʃkəˈnɑzɪm//

)

a Jew whose ancestors came from central or eastern Europe compare Sephardi

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Ashkenazi (also Ashkenazic adjective

NAmE//ˌæʃkəˈnɑzɪk//

)

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