gentiles
- plural of gentile.
Example Sentences
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He removed the armband identifying him as a Jew and lined up before dawn with the gentiles to seek bread.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
But later generations who settled in London married up and out, with Ashkenazis as well as gentiles; they remade themselves as British aristocrats, not all of them gifted in business.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023
Moreover, their devotion paid off materially; after converting to Catholicism in mass baptisms, Frank’s followers take on Polish names and prosper as gentiles, with several even entering the nobility.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2022
White gentiles in Roth's works don't always speak about Blacks and Jews; sometimes they reflect solely on Blacks.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2021
In fact, of the two hundred fifty workers Schindler hired in 1940, only seven were Jews; the rest were Polish gentiles.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
