The Clayton Antitrust Act was the first successful anti-monopoly legislation. By successful, it did not prevent monopolies completely, but at least had the support to be enforced. It, along with the Sherman Antitrust Act, would serve as the models for future legislation relating to monopolies.
Full Definition of GENTILE. 1. often capitalized: a person of a non-Jewish nation or of non-Jewish faith; especially: a Christian as distinguished from a Jew. 2. : heathen, pagan. 3. often capitalized: a non-Mormon. See gentile defined for English-language learners. See gentile defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT.
late 14c., chivalrous person; member of the nobility; see gentile (adj.). Also used during 14c. to mean both one who is not a Christian and one who is not a Jew. The Latin word was used in Vulgate to translate Greek ethnikos, from ta ethne the nations, which translated Hebrew ha goyim the (non-Jewish) nations.