Category:Ethnic

Eth"nic, Eth"nic*al, a. Etym: [L. ethnicus, Gr. 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.

ethnic Eth"nic n.

Defn: A heathen; a pagan. [Obs.] No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs. Milton.