ashkenazi(n = noun.person) - a Jew of eastern European or German descent;
is a kind of hebrew, israelite, jew
ashkenazi, n. (pl. Ashkenazim)
1 an East European Jew.
2 a Jew of East European ancestry (cf. SEPHARDI).
Derivative:
Ashkenazic adj.
Etymology:
mod.Heb., f. Ashkenaz (Gen. 10:3)