Ethnic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ethnic	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethnic adj 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" Synonym(s): cultural, ethnic, ethnical not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam Synonym(s): heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic n a person who is a member of an ethnic group
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.