Gentile and Jew

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Gentile noun - A person who does not worship the God of the Bible.

Usage example: a strict sect that believes that fellowship with gentiles should exist only for the purposes of conversion

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Jew is an antonym for gentile.

Nearby Word: gentility

Jew noun - A person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties.

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Gentile is an antonym for Jew.

Nearby Words: Jewish, Jewry, Jewess

Although as an American Jew he should be in no way racially different, the whole scene is Played for Laughs very much in this way, as if being a Jew made one completely clueless of anything Gentile, and with the disguise being that of an outrageously stereotypical fundie redneck.

Source: White Like Me

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