Found 3 hits - Term: ethnic, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ethnic \eth"nic\, ethnical \eth"nical\, 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
see also:
jewish christian
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ethnic \eth"nic\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
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
ethnic
adj 1: 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, ethnical
2: not acknowledging the god of christianity and judaism and
islam syn: heathen, heathenish, pagan
see also:
cultural ethnical heathen heathenish pagan
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