ethnic (n.)

  1. a person who is a member of an ethnic group

    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 ]

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