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"Ethnic" Definition

noun

A member of a particular ethnic group, especially one who maintains the language or customs of the group.
A member of an ethnic group.
A member of a minority group who retains the customs, language, or social views of the group.

adjective

Being a member of a particular ethnic group, especially belonging to a national group by heritage or culture but residing outside its national boundaries: ethnic Hungarians living in northern Serbia.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sizable group of people sharing a common and distinctive racial, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage.
Relating to a people not Christian or Jewish.
Of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background .
Being a member of a specified ethnic group .

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