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Gentile
Gentile, in matters of religion, a pagan, or worshipper of false gods.
Gentile, in the Roman law and history, a name which sometimes expresses what the Romans otherwise called barbarians, whether they were allies of Rome or not: but this word was used in a more particular sense for all strangers and foreigners not subject to the Roman empire.