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gentiles

gentiles is the plural of gentile.

Meaning of gentile

Noun

gentile (plural gentiles)

  1. (Judaism) A non-Jewish person.
    • And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my seruant to raise vp the tribes of Iacob, and to restore the preserued of Israel: I will also giue thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my saluation, vnto the end of the earth.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 49:6
    Synonyms:
    non-Jew, goy
  2. (Mormonism) A non-Mormon person.
  3. 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, Herbert Weir Smyth, Gordon M. Messing, Greek Grammar, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 233

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Noun capitalized: Gentiles

Gentiles

  1. (plural) plural of Gentile

Phrases with gentiles

Questions about gentiles

What is gentiles the plural of?
Gentiles is the plural of gentile.
What part of speech is gentiles?
Gentiles is a noun.

Words near gentiles in the dictionary

  1. genticide
  2. genticides
  3. genticulate
  4. gentile
  5. gentiledom
  6. gentiles
  7. gentilesse
  8. gentilhomme
  9. gentilhommes
  10. gentilic
  11. gentilicia

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