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ethnic

eth.nic \'eth-nik\ aj [ME, fr. LL ethnicus, fr. Gk ethnikos national, 
   gentile, fr. eth]nos nation, people 1: neither Christian nor Jewish : 
   HEATHEN  2: of or relating to races or large groups of people classed 
   according to  common traits and customs