What does "ethnic" mean?
Ethnic: Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.
Additional senses
- 2.A heathen; a pagan. [Obs.] No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs. Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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