ゼンチョ

noun

heathen; pagan; gentile

Archaic term used by early Japanese Christians (Kirishitan) to refer to non-Christians, derived from Portuguese 'gentio'. Not used in modern Japanese.

from Portuguese gentio

• ゼンチョは、キリシタン時じ代だいに異い教きょう徒とを指さした言こと葉ばです。

  Zenchō is a word that referred to heathens during the Kirishitan period.