n. The tribe or nation, in an anthropologic aspect.
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n. people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
Word Usage
"Rabanus: Ethnici, that is, the Gentiles, for the Greek word ethnos is translated ` gens 'in Latin; those, that is, who abide such as they were born, to wit, under sin."