From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishJewJew /dʒuː/ noun [countable] SARsomeone whose religion is Judaism, or who is a member of a group whose traditional religion is JudaismOrigin Jew (1100-1200) Old French gyu, from Latin Judaeus, from Greek Ioudaios, from Hebrew Yehudhi, from Yehudhah “Judah, Jewish kingdom”