"gentile" in the noun sense
1. heathen, pagan, gentile, infidel
a person who does not acknowledge your god
2. gentile
a person who is not a member of one's own religion used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus
3. gentile, non-Jew, goy
a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
4. gentile
a Christian
"Christians refer to themselves as gentiles"
"gentile" in the adjective sense
1. gentile
belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples
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