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n. A non-Jew.
"Non-jews are not bound by the mitsvot, no more than a regular Jew is bound by the laws applicable to the Jewish priests. It just doesn't apply unless a gentile converts and enters the Covenant." (source)
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Ultimately from Textual Hebrew גּוֹי (see goy) via Latin and French.
Unlike goy, gentile does not have negative connotations.
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