Definition of ethnic Ethnic

/ɛˈθnɪk/ - [ethnik] - eth•nic

We found 13 definitions of ethnic from 6 different sources.

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What does ethnic mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: ethnics

ethnic - a person who is a member of an ethnic group
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • ethnic (a.)
    Alt. of Ethnical
  • ethnic (n.)
    A heathen; a pagan.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • ethnic
    Of or related to a group of people having common racial, national, religious, or cultural origins.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • ethnic
    -al, eth′nik, -al, adj. concerning nations or races: pertaining to the heathen.—ns. Eth′nic, a heathen; Eth′nicism, heathenism; Ethnog′rapher.—adj. Ethnograph′ic.—n. Ethnog′raphy, the scientific description of the races of the earth.—adj. Ethnolog′ical.—adv. Ethnolog′ically.—ns. Ethnol′ogist; Ethnol′ogy, the science that treats of the varieties of the human race. [L.,—Gr. ethnos, a nation; Gr. graphē, writing, logia, discourse.]

Part of speech

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  • ethnic, noun, singular of ethnics.
  • ethnic, adjective.

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