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ZIONIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Zionist" is a kind of...):
Hebrew; Israelite; Jew (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)
Derivation:
Zionism (a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine)
Zionism (a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine)
Zionist (relating to or characteristic of a supporter of Zionism)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of a supporter of Zionism
Example:
the Zionist leader Theodor Herzl
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Zionist (a Jewish supporter of Zionism)
Derivation:
Zionist (a Jewish supporter of Zionism)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of Zionism
Example:
the Zionist movement
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Zionism (a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine)