[ 'dʒɛntʌɪl ]
■ adjective
1》 ( Gentile ) not Jewish.
2》 not belonging to one's own religious community, in particular ( historical ) non-Mormon.
3》 chiefly Anthropology relating to or indicating a nation or clan, especially a gens.
■ noun ( Gentile ) a person who is not Jewish.
Origin
ME: from L. gentilis 'of a family or nation, of the same clan', from gens , gent- 'family, race'.