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Definition of goy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

goy

noun
 
/ɡɔɪ/
 
/ɡɔɪ/
(plural goyim
 
/ˈɡɔɪɪm/
 
/ˈɡɔɪɪm/
, goys)
(informal, often offensive)
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  1. a word used by Jewish people for a person who is not Jewish that can be offensive
    Word Originfrom Hebrew gōy ‘people, nation’.
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