wandering JewEnglishOxford New American Dictionarywandering Jew /ˈwänd(ə)riNG jo͞o, ˈwɑnd(ə)rɪŋ dʒu/ ▸ noun 1 a legendary person said to have been condemned by Jesus Christ to wander the earth until the Second Coming. ▪ a person who never settles down. 2 a tender trailing tradescantia, typically having striped leaves which are suffused with purple. Genus Tradescantia, family Commelinaceae: T. albiflora and T. pendula (formerly Zebrina pendula).