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SHIKSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shikse mean?
• SHIKSE (noun)
The noun SHIKSE has 1 sense:
1. a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women
Familiarity information: SHIKSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
shiksa; shikse
Hypernyms ("shikse" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Domain usage:
depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
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