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gentile

[jen-tahyl] / ˈdʒɛn taɪl /


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Jesenská, a gentile, was a Czechoslovak citizen living in Vienna, and when she received Kafka’s permission to translate him into Czech the two began a passionate correspondence.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

“You can’t look scared,” Halina instructs Mila about passing for gentile, at which she’s something of an expert.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2024

“We reaffirm that Jew and gentile, we are one nation under God; that black and white, we are one nation indivisible; that Republican and Democrat, we are all Americans,” he said.

From Washington Times Jul. 3, 2023

This wine is a blend of vernaccia, trebbiano gentile and malvasia bianca, grown on ancient sea beds that are now Tuscan hillsides, providing a minerally saline complexity.

From Washington Post Aug. 25, 2022

We found Wojek, the kind gentile who had sold my father's suits, and we connected with a former neighbor on Przemyslowa Street.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

On his TV show, he was wary of offending gentiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

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

The reality, more often, was to be regarded as a Jew among gentiles and a gentile among Jews.

From Seattle Times May 22, 2018

They were dressed like gentiles, and most wore no hats, as though to spite the nasty weather and spit in the face of tradition.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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