Definitions for wandering jew
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Wan′dering Jew′(n.)
a legendary character condemned to roam without rest because he struck Christ on the day of the Crucifixion.
any of various creeping plants of the spiderwort family, with green or variegated leaves, as
Zebrina pendula.
Category: Plants
Princeton's WordNet
Wandering Jew(noun)
a legendary Jew condemned to roam the world for mocking Jesus at the Crucifixion
Wiktionary
Wandering Jew(ProperNoun)
A Jewish shoemaker who, in Christian tradition, taunted Jesus Christ on the way to his (Jesus') crucifixion and for that was condemned to wander the Earth until Jesus' return (ie. the second coming).
Wandering Jew(ProperNoun)
One of three species of spiderwort plants, (also called ), , and .
Origin: The plant common name is derived from the Christian tradition figure, presumably at least partly from the tendency of those plants to spread through a garden (ie. wander).
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Wandering Jew
. See Jew, Wandering.
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