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adj
Of or pertaining to the northern kingdom of ancient Israel, its people, or their language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, not-comparable
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adj
Israeli.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, not-comparable, rare
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noun
A person from the northern kingdom of ancient Israel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, rare
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noun
An Israeli.
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Usage: nonstandard, rare
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History
From Israel + -ian, in the historical sense coined by American Jewish theologian Harold Louis Ginsberg in 1982 in contrast to Israelite. Mostly used by non-native speakers of English, instead of the standard word Israeli.
