noun The study of especially native or non-Western peoples from a combined historical and anthropological viewpoint, using written documents, oral literature, material culture, and ethnographic data.
Related Forms:
- ethˌno·his·toˈri·an (-hĭ-stôrˈē-ən, -stōrˈ-, stŏrˈ-) noun
- ethˌno·his·toˈric (-hĭ-stôrˈĭk, -stŏrˈ-), ethˌno·his·toˈri·cal adjective