{ } a. [ L. ethnicus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; nation, &unr_; &unr_; the nations, heathens, gentiles: cf. F. ethnique. ] 1. Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. of or pertaining to a group having a distinct racial, cultural, religious or linguistic character; as, ethnic differences within a population can cause civil war. [ PJC ]
4. being a member of a distinct racial or cultural minority within a larger population; as, ethnic Chinese own most of the businesses in Indonesia. [ PJC ]
[かん, kan](n) (1) (usu. used in compounds) China; (2) Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); (n-suf) (3) (often negative nuance) (See 硬骨漢) man#2427[Add to Longdo]
[iero-kyabu](n) (1) yellow cab; (2) term referring to an ethnic stereotype of Japanese women, and by extension other Asians, suggesting that they are sexually available to foreign men[Add to Longdo]