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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ethnic \Eth"nic\n. A heathen; a pagan. [Obs.] No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ethnic \Eth"nic\, Ethnical \Eth"nic*al\, 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. 2. Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to {Jewish} and {Christian}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ethnic adj 1: relating to or being a member of an ethnic group "ethnic frontiers"; "ethnic Chinese in San Francisco" [syn: {ethnical}] 2: denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people; "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy; "ethnic food" [syn: {cultural}]
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