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Adjective gentile has 1 sense
- gentile - belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples
 
  
Noun gentile has 3 senses
- heathen, pagan, gentile, infidel - a person who does not acknowledge your God
 
--1 is a kind of nonreligious person 
--1 has particulars: paynim; idolater, idolizer, idoliser, idol worshiper
  - Gentile - a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus
 
--2 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul 
- Gentile, non-Jew, goy - in this sense `Gentile' denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew; `goy' is a derogatory word for Christians used by Jews
 
--3 is a kind of Christian 
--3 has particulars: shegetz
    
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