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Wandering Jew

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Proper noun

  1. 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).

Noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of wandering Jew (“plant”).
  2. Any plant of three species of spiderworts, Tradescantia pallida, Tradescantia fluminensis, and Tradescantia zebrina.
  3. The plant Saxifraga stolonifera.

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