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judas
- Main Entry:
- Ju·das

- Pronunciation:
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\ˈjü-dəs\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Late Latin, from Greek Ioudas, from Hebrew Yĕhūdhāh
- Date:
- before 12th century
1 a: the apostle who in the Gospel accounts betrayed Jesus b: a son of James and one of the twelve apostles2: traitor
; especially : one who betrays under the guise of friendship3not capitalized : peephole —called also judas hole judas window
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