GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 2 definitions

1.       
    Ethnic (?), Ethnical (?),  a. [L. ethnicus, Gr. , fr.  nation,   the nations, heathens, gentiles: cf. F. ethnique.]
   1. Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   2. Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   3. of or pertaining to a group having a distinct racial, cultural, religious or linguistic character; as, “ethnic differences within a population can cause civil war”.
   
   [PJC]
   
   
   4. being a member of a distinct racial or cultural minority within a larger population; as, “ethnic Chinese own most of the businesses in Indonesia”.
   
   [PJC]
   
   
         
       

2.       
   Ethnic (?) n.
   1. A heathen; a pagan. [Obs.]
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs. Milton.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   2. a member of an ethnic group.
   
   [PJC]