gentile

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I'm given to understand that it's just not the same when you're chasing a gentile*. leg that was left behind in Vietnam is of more intrinsic value to society than a member of the antiwar movement, and is almost certainly still in better physical shape:

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  1. noun One who is not of the Jewish faith or is of a non-Jewish nation.
  2. noun A Christian.
  3. noun Archaic A pagan or heathen.
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  • I'm given to understand that it's just not the same when you're chasing a gentile*. leg that was left behind in Vietnam is of more intrinsic value to society than a member of the antiwar movement, and is almost certainly still in better physical shape: —  RedState
  • A good Arab or a righteous gentile will be a brother or sister to me. —  Signs of the Times
  • Zionists care for neither Jew nor gentile, they care only for zionism. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • The gentleman--gentile-man--who respected his own gens, or family and pedigree, was bound to be gentle. —  The Ancien Regime
  • Perfezione di uno spirito gentile (1985) (41: 23) —  AvaxHome RSS:
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  1. Middle English gentil, from Late Latin gentīlis, pagan, from Latin, of the same clan; see gentle.

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  1. In defs. 1, 2, 3 directly from L.; in def. 4 from French gentil, masculine, gentile, feminine, gentile, also, formerly, genteel, gentle (see genteel, gentle), = Spanish gentil = Portuguese gentió = Italian gentile, gentile, from Latin gentilis, of or belonging to the same gens or clan, of or belonging to the same nation or people, plural gentiles, foreigners as opposed to Romans, in Late Latin opposed to Jewish or Christian, the heathen, pagans, with sing, gentilis, a heathen, from gen(t-)s, a tribe, family, clan: see gens.
 

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/ˈdʒɛntɪl/
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