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gentile

/'/dZ//E/nt/aI/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples

    adj.pert

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the <i>Jews</i>; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. a person who does not acknowledge your god

    noun.person

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus

    noun.person

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. a Christian as contrasted with a Jew

    noun.person

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. a Christian

    noun.person

    Examples
    Christians refer to themselves as gentiles.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

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