sb. and a. rare. [ad. L. allophȳl-us, a. Gr. ἀλλόφῡλ-ος of another tribe, alien, f. ἄλλος other, different + φῡλή tribe.]
1. An alien; a Philistine.
1577. Test. 12 Patriarchs, 48. The kindred of the allophyles or of the gentiles.
2. = ALLOPHYLIAN. (Cf. mod. Fr. allophyle, introduced by Quatrefages after Prichard.)
1879. in Syd. Soc. Lex.