"Jehovah's Witness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Jehovah's Witnesses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Jehovah's Witness}} Jehovah's Witness (plural Jehovah's Witnesses)
  1. A member of a monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group. Originally known as International Bible Students or Bible Students. Related terms: anti-Witness, non-Witness, pro-Witness Translations (member of the Jehovah's Witnesses): Jehova se Getuie [singular] (Afrikaans), የይሖዋ ምስክሮች (yäyḥowa məskəroč) [plural] (Amharic), شاهد يهوه (šāhid yahwa) [masculine] (Arabic), Եհովայի վկա (Ehovayi vka) (Armenian), testimoni de Jehovà [masculine] (Catalan), 耶和華見證人 (Chinese Cantonese), 耶和华见证人 (je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴ gin³ zing³ jan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 耶和華見證人 (Chinese Mandarin), 耶和华见证人 (Yēhéhuá jiànzhèngrén) (Chinese Mandarin), svědek Jehovův [masculine] (Czech), Jehovas vidne [neuter] (Danish), Jehova's Getuige (Dutch), Getuige (english: amongst themselves) (Dutch), atestanto de Jehovo (Esperanto), Jehoova tunnistaja (Estonian), Jehovan todistaja (Finnish), témoin de Jéhovah [masculine] (French), Zeuge Jehovas [masculine] (German), Zeugin Jehovas [feminine] (German), Μάρτυρας του Ιεχωβά (Mártyras tou Iechová) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), vottur Jehóva [masculine] (Icelandic), Saksi Yehuwa (Indonesian), Finné Iáivé [masculine] (Irish), Testimone di Geova [feminine, masculine] (Italian), エホバの証人 (Ehoba no shōnin) (Japanese), Ехоба куәгерлері (Exoba kuägerlerı) (Kazakh), 여호와의 증인 (Yeohowaui jeung'in) (Korean), Testis Jehovah [common-gender] (Latin), Jehovas liecinieks (Latvian), Јеховин сведок (Jehovin svedok) [masculine] (Macedonian), xhud ta’ Ġeħova [masculine] (Maltese), Jehova duođašteaddji (Northern Sami), Jehova vihtan (Northern Sami), Jehovas vitne [neuter] (Norwegian), Testigu di Yehova (Papiamentu), jehowy [colloquial, derogatory, masculine, sometimes] (Polish), świadek Jehowy [masculine] (Polish), testemunha de Jeová [feminine] (Portuguese), martor al lui Iehova (Romanian), свиде́тель Иего́вы (svidételʹ Ijegóvy) [masculine] (Russian), иегови́ст (ijegovíst) [masculine] (Russian), Jehovova priča [feminine] (Slovene), Jehovec [colloquial, masculine] (Slovene), Jehovka [colloquial, feminine] (Slovene), testigo de Jehová [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), Jehovas vittne [neuter] (Swedish), Jehovas [colloquial, common-gender] (Swedish), Saksi (Tagalog), Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va (Vietnamese), Nhân Chứng Giê-hô-va (Vietnamese), j-jaajkunaj Jéeoba (Yucatec Maya)
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
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          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "Jehova's Getuige"
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          "english": "amongst themselves",
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          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "Jehoova tunnistaja"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "Jehovan todistaja"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
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          "word": "témoin de Jéhovah"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Zeugin Jehovas"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "Mártyras tou Iechová",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
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          "code": "id",
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          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "Saksi Yehuwa"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Finné Iáivé"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "Testimone di Geova"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Ehoba no shōnin",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "エホバの証人"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "Exoba kuägerlerı",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "Ехоба куәгерлері"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Yeohowaui jeung'in",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "여호와의 증인"
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          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
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          "roman": "Jehovin svedok",
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          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "Jehova duođašteaddji"
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          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
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          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "Testigu di Yehova"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
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          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
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          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "martor al lui Iehova"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svidételʹ Ijegóvy",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "свиде́тель Иего́вы"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ijegovíst",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "иегови́ст"
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Jehovova priča"
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          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "feminine"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "testigo de Jehová"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "Jehovas"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "Saksi"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "Nhân Chứng Giê-hô-va"
        },
        {
          "code": "yua",
          "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
          "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
          "word": "j-jaajkunaj Jéeoba"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jehovah's Witness"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "head": "Jehovah's Witness"
      },
      "expansion": "Jehovah's Witness (plural Jehovah's Witnesses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "anti-Witness"
    },
    {
      "word": "non-Witness"
    },
    {
      "word": "pro-Witness"
    }
  ],
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        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
        "Terms with Amharic translations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Maltese translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Northern Sami translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Papiamentu translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Yucatec Maya translations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A member of a monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group. Originally known as International Bible Students or Bible Students."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "monotheistic",
          "monotheistic"
        ],
        [
          "nontrinitarian",
          "nontrinitarian"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "JW"
        },
        {
          "word": "one of Jehovah's Witnesses"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "Witness"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Jehovah"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "Jehovian"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "derogatory",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "Jehovist"
        },
        {
          "word": "Jehovie"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Jehovah witness"
    },
    {
      "english": "wrong forms sometimes used by non-Witnesses and Witnesses alike",
      "word": "Jehovah Witness"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jehovah’s Witness"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jehovah’s witness"
    },
    {
      "english": "former spellings",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Jehovah's witness"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "Jehova se Getuie"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "yäyḥowa məskəroč",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "የይሖዋ ምስክሮች"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šāhid yahwa",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شاهد يهوه"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Ehovayi vka",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Եհովայի վկա"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "testimoni de Jehovà"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "耶和華見證人"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴ gin³ zing³ jan⁴",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "耶和华见证人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "耶和華見證人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yēhéhuá jiànzhèngrén",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "耶和华见证人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svědek Jehovův"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Jehovas vidne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Jehova's Getuige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "english": "amongst themselves",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Getuige"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "atestanto de Jehovo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Jehoova tunnistaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Jehovan todistaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "témoin de Jéhovah"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeuge Jehovas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeugin Jehovas"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Mártyras tou Iechová",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Μάρτυρας του Ιεχωβά"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vottur Jehóva"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Saksi Yehuwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Finné Iáivé"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Testimone di Geova"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Ehoba no shōnin",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "エホバの証人"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Exoba kuägerlerı",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Ехоба куәгерлері"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Yeohowaui jeung'in",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "여호와의 증인"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Testis Jehovah"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Jehovas liecinieks"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Jehovin svedok",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Јеховин сведок"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xhud ta’ Ġeħova"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Jehova duođašteaddji"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Jehova vihtan"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Jehovas vitne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pap",
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Testigu di Yehova"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "derogatory",
        "masculine",
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "word": "jehowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "świadek Jehowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "testemunha de Jeová"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "martor al lui Iehova"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svidételʹ Ijegóvy",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "свиде́тель Иего́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ijegovíst",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "иегови́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Jehovova priča"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jehovec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Jehovka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "testigo de Jehová"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Jehovas vittne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Jehovas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Saksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "Nhân Chứng Giê-hô-va"
    },
    {
      "code": "yua",
      "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
      "sense": "member of the Jehovah's Witnesses",
      "word": "j-jaajkunaj Jéeoba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jehovah's Witness"
}

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