Ethiopian

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Etymology

From Ethiopia +‎ -an.

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Noun

Ethiopian (plural Ethiopians)

  1. A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent.
    • 2002 August 1, Frank Tenaille, Music is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, →ISBN, page 168:
      Ahmed was also appreciated for his talents as a showman, because he had no equal in letting loose the famous eskista, with the heaving quiver of the torso and shoulders, of which Ethiopians are so fond. Eskista is the dance of the Amharas, enhancing amorous repartee and expressing collective jubilation.
  2. (dated) A black-skinned person, especially one from Africa.
    The Ethiopian eunuch.
  3. (slang, derogatory) A very skinny person, referencing the historic malnutrition and poverty in Ethiopia.

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Ethiopian (comparative more Ethiopian, superlative most Ethiopian)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.
    • 2018 February 20, Adesola Akinleye, Narratives in Black British Dance: Embodied Practices, →ISBN, page 195:
      One of Ethiopia's most popular traditional dances, eskista, which is said to have originated from the lower highlands of Ethiopia's Amhara region, exemplifies the type of multi-functionality that Martin (1967) acknowledges as it is performed in many different settings of the Ethiopian community.
  2. (dated, not comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora.

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