Ashkenazi

noun

Ash·ke·nazi | \ˌäsh-kə-ˈnä-zē,

ˌash-kə-ˈna-

\

plural Ashkenazim\-ˈnä-zəm,

-ˈna- \

Definition of Ashkenazi

: a member of one of the two great divisions of Jews comprising the eastern European Yiddish-speaking Jews — compare sephardi

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