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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Gentile

/(jĕn"tīl)/ · Gen·tile · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛntaɪl/
01 n. One neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.
  1. 1.
    One neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.
  2. 2.
    A person who is not Jewish; -- used in this sense by Jews.
Syn. goy[male], shiksa[female]. — Syn. -- Pagan; heathen. See Pagan.
02 a. Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.
  1. 1.
    Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.
  2. 2.
    Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective.(Gram.)