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   ethnic

   /ˈɛθnɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. of or belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent: "the students' ethnic backgrounds are very diverse"
   • ▪ denoting origin by birth or descent rather than by present nationality: "ethnic Indian populations"
   • ▪ characteristic of or belonging to a non-Western cultural tradition: "ethnic jewellery"
   • 2. neither Christian nor Jewish; pagan. archaic

   noun

   • 1. a member of an ethnic minority. dated, offensive

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a person not of the Christian or Jewish faith): via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek ethnikos ‘heathen, pagan’, from ethnos ‘nation’. Current senses date from the 19th century.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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