Ethnic Definition
ĕthnĭk
adjective
Heathen.
Webster's New World
Designating or of a population subgroup having a common cultural heritage or nationality, as distinguished by customs, characteristics, language, common history, etc.
Webster's New World
Being or designating a member of a specific ethnic group in relation to the dominant group in a nation, region, etc.
An ethnic Ukrainian in Poland.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or distinctive of members of such a group.
Ethnic restaurants; ethnic art.
American Heritage
Of or for ethnics, often, specif., nonwhite ethnics as a consumer or marketing group.
A radio station playing ethnic music, ethnic haircare products, a candidate's appeal to the ethnic vote.
Webster's New World
noun
A member of an ethnic group, esp. a member of a minority or nationality group that is part of a larger community.
Webster's New World
An ethnic minority.
Wiktionary
(in classical scholarship) The demonym of an Ancient Greek city.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Ethnic
Noun
Singular:
ethnicPlural:
ethnicsOrigin of Ethnic
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From French ethnique, from Latin ethnicus ("pagan", "heathen"), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikos, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (ethnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English heathen from Late Latin ethnicus from Greek ethnikos from ethnos people, nation s(w)e- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
