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A Jewish shoemaker who, in the Christian tradition, taunted Jesus Christ on the way to his crucifixion and for that was condemned to wander the Earth until the return of Jesus (ie. the second coming).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of wandering Jew (“plant”).
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Any plant of three species of spiderworts, Tradescantia pallida, Tradescantia fluminensis, and Tradescantia zebrina.
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noun
The plant Saxifraga stolonifera.
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noun
a legendary Jew condemned to roam the world for mocking Jesus at the Crucifixion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Jew, Hebrew, Israelite
History
The plant's name is derived from the figure of the Wandering Jew, presumably at least partly from the tendency of those plants to spread through a garden (i.e. wander).
Across languages
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