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judas

Best crossword clue

"Betrayer figure"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒuːdəs/Part of speech nounSorted adjsuStarts with JEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A betrayer, or a peephole in a door.

Word origin

From Middle English Iudas, from Latin Iudas, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá). Doublet of Judah.

Used in a sentence

  • There is no better example of such a phenomenon as the infamous moment when Bob Dylan was proclaimed a ‘judas’ for going electric.
  • Soon he heard a soft grating behind the judas, and he felt—more than he saw—that a pair of eyes were peering at him from within.
  • […] you should as well reject those Deuterocanonici of the new testament as the epistle to the Hebrewes, Judas epistle and the Apocalyps […]

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