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goys

goys is the plural of goy.

Meaning of goy

Noun

goy (plural goyim or goys or goyem or goyin)

  1. (offensive, sometimes) A non-Jew; a gentile.
    • I don’t think that marriage is working, but I’m not going to be stupid about it and say she shouldn’t have married a goy.1988, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron
  2. (derogatory) Synonym of shabbos goy (“a gentile thought to be subservient to Jewish people”)
    Synonyms:
    shabbos goy
  3. (Internet, broadly) A mindless consumer of low-quality entertainment and products ("goyslop"); a consoomer.
    • Near-synonym: NPC
    Synonyms:
    NPC

See all 4 meanings of goy

Proper noun capitalized: Goys

Goys

  1. (plural) plural of Goy

Synonyms of goys

Phrases with goys

Questions about goys

What is goys the plural of?
Goys is the plural of goy.
What part of speech is goys?
Goys is a proper noun.

Words near goys in the dictionary

  1. Goyne
  2. Goynes
  3. Goyneses
  4. goynip
  5. Goyoden
  6. goys
  7. goyslave
  8. goyslaves
  9. goyslop
  10. goysplain
  11. goysplained

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