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English Dictionary: 'ethnic' by the DICT Development Group
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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 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.
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