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gentile

('/dZ//E/nt/aI/l )

belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples(adj.pert)

source: wordnet30
Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a person who does not acknowledge your god(noun.person)

Synonym:
heathen, infidel, pagan

source: wordnet30
a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus(noun.person)

source: wordnet30
a Christian as contrasted with a Jew(noun.person)

Synonym:
goy, non-jew

source: wordnet30
a Christian(noun.person)

Example:
Christians refer to themselves as gentiles.

source: wordnet30
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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