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goy

  [goi]
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–noun, plural goy⋅im  [goi-im] , goys. Often Disparaging.
a non-Jewish person; gentile.
Also, goi.

Origin:
1835–45; < Yiddish < Heb goi nation, non-Jew, Jew ignorant of the Jewish religion

Related forms:
goyish, adjective
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goy   (goi)   
n.   pl. goy·im (goi'ĭm) or goys Offensive
Used as a disparaging term for one who is not a Jew.

[Yiddish, from Hebrew gôy, Jew ignorant of the Jewish religion, non-Jew; see gwy in Semitic roots.]
goy'ish adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
goy [goɪ]

  1. n.
    a gentile. (From Hebrew. Not necessarily derogatory.) : But the goys can't do anything they want on Sunday!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

goy 
"gentile, non-Jew" (pl. goyim), 1835, from Heb. goy "people, nation;" in Mishnaic and Modern Heb., also "gentile."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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