"Goy" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Goys [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * English habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Gouy. * Borrowed from Galician Goy, a habitational surname from a small village in the province of Lugo. * Borrowed from French Goy, a metonymic occupational surname for a farmer, from Old French goi (“bill hook, kind of knife”). * Borrowed from Hokkien 倪 (gê); compare Ni, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nrf|-}} Norman, {{bor|en|gl|Goy}} Galician Goy, {{bor|en|fr|Goy}} French Goy, {{der|en|fro|goi||bill hook, kind of knife}} Old French goi (“bill hook, kind of knife”), {{bor|en|nan-hbl|倪|tr=gê}} Hokkien 倪 (gê) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Goy (plural Goys)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Goy-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: Goyim [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|Goyim}} Goy (plural Goyim)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of goy Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: goy
    Sense id: en-Goy-en-noun-svF0rmqw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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