Xuetes

Noun

Xueta (plural Xuetes)

1. One of a strictly endogamous social group on the island of Mallorca, descendants of Mallorcan Jews who either converted to Christianity or were forced to keep their religion hidden.
   • I remember being insulted as a child, being called a Xueta fool by playmates, and once someone spit in my face. There has always existed a sense of community among Xuetas and from my grandparents I learned pride in being a Xueta[…]1976, Kenneth Moore, Those of the street: the Catholic-Jews of Mallorca