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ZIONIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Zionist mean?
• ZIONIST (noun)
The noun ZIONIST has 1 sense:
1. a Jewish supporter of Zionism
Familiarity information: ZIONIST used as a noun is very rare.
• ZIONIST (adjective)
The adjective ZIONIST has 2 senses:
1. relating to or characteristic of Zionism
2. relating to or characteristic of a supporter of Zionism
Familiarity information: ZIONIST used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Jewish supporter of Zionism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Zionist" is a kind of...):
Hebrew; Israelite; Jew (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)
Derivation:
Zionism (a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine)
Zionism (a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine)
Zionist (relating to or characteristic of a supporter of Zionism)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of Zionism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
the Zionist movement
Pertainym:
Zionism (a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of a supporter of Zionism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
the Zionist leader Theodor Herzl
Pertainym:
Zionist (a Jewish supporter of Zionism)
Derivation:
Zionist (a Jewish supporter of Zionism)
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