sephardim (root: sephardi)

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sephardim, n. pl. [NHeb.; orig. uncert.].

Jews who are descendants of the former Jews of Spain and Portugal. They are as a rule darker than the northern Jews, and have more delicate features. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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