refujew

English

Etymology

Blend of refugee +‎ Jew.

Noun

refujew (plural refujews)

1. (US, informal) A Jewish refugee.
   • 1938, Anne Jackson Fremantle, Loyal enemy:

     […] Basque children, White Russians or refujews, but a whole empire in agony, a mastodon at bay, is beyond the limit of our imaginations.

   • 1990, Frederic Raphael, After the war:

     'Fancy him having a refujew in his gang,' Gladstone said.

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “refujew n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang