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ETHNICS
Noun
ethnics
plural of ethnic
Anagrams
• Tinches, nichest, nitches, sthenic
Source: Wiktionary
ETHNIC
Eth"nic, Eth"nic*al, a. Etym: [L. ethnicus, Gr. ethnique.]
1. Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.
2. Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.
Eth"nic n.
Definition: A heathen; a pagan. [Obs.] No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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