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zayda

zayda is the alternative spelling of zayde.

Meaning of zayde

Noun

zayde (plural zaydes)

  1. (Jewish) grandfather
    • Perhaps, in these circumstances, he would greet his granddaughter as a zayde should, with love and affection.1974, Fran Ross, Oreo, →ISBN, page 207
  2. (Jewish) elderly man (as a term of respect)
    • The zayde is, as the hoary formula demands, gruff on the outside but wonderful to his horse and David...3 November 1975, John Simon, review of Lies My Father Told Me, New York Magazine page 74

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Forms of zayda

pluralzaydas

Questions about zayda

What is zayda the alternative spelling of?
Zayda is the alternative spelling of zayde.

Words near zayda in the dictionary

  1. Zayas
  2. Zayases
  3. zayat
  4. zayats
  5. Zayd
  6. zayda
  7. zayde
  8. zaydee
  9. zaydees
  10. zaydeh
  11. zaydehs

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