gentile /ˈd͡ʒɛntaɪl/adjective 6noun 3forms 1 adjective6 •Non-Jewish.Down in the workshop all the elves were makin' toys For the good gentile girls and the good gentile boys — 1996 •Heathen, pagan. •Non-Mormon.The Justice or injustice of such a principle in law, I leave for them who made it, the United States; Suffice it say the law was just as good for a the Saints as for the Gentiles, [...] — 1842 •Relating to a clan, tribe, or nation; clannish, tribal, national.It is possible to manage without a gentile system. Many ethnoi are divided into tribes and clans. — 1990 •Of or pertaining to a gens or several gentes. •Of a part of speech such as an adjective, noun or verb: relating to a particular city, nation or country.Gentile Nouns. […] To this form belong our gentile nouns Englishman, Welshman, Scotchman, Irishman. These nouns are represented in Irish by adjectives or nouns of the form (1+ac): Alban-ac, Scotchman. — 1854 noun3 •A non-Mormon person. •(Judaism) A non-Jewish person. •A noun derived from a proper noun which denotes something belonging to or coming from a particular city, nation, or country.Gentiles are denominative nouns denoting belonging to or coming from a particular country, nation, or city. Gentiles are formed from proper nouns by secondary suffixes. — 1956 formsgentiles