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.
2. (Biology) an early type of animal or plant from which a later, usually dissimilar, type has evolved. 3. a person or thing regarded as a forerunner of a later person or thing: the ancestor of the modern camera. [C13: from Old French ancestre, from Late Latin antecÄssor one who goes before, from Latin antecÄdere; see antecede]