"ethnic" in the noun sense
1. ethnic
a person who is a member of an ethnic group
"ethnic" in the adjective sense
1. cultural, ethnic, ethnical
denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people
"influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy
"ethnic food"
2. heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
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