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Ethiopians

Ethiopians is the plural of Ethiopian.

Meaning of Ethiopian

Noun

Ethiopian (plural Ethiopians)

  1. A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent.
    • 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...2002 August 1, Frank Tenaille, Music is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, →ISBN, page 168
  2. (dated) A black-skinned person, especially one from Africa.
    • The Ethiopian eunuch.
  3. (derogatory, slang) A very skinny person, referencing the historic malnutrition and poverty in Ethiopia.

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Phrases with Ethiopians

Questions about Ethiopians

What is Ethiopians the plural of?
Ethiopians is the plural of Ethiopian.

Words near Ethiopians in the dictionary

  1. Ethiopianize
  2. Ethiopianized
  3. Ethiopianizes
  4. Ethiopianizing
  5. Ethiopianness
  6. Ethiopians
  7. Ethiopians in the woodpile
  8. Ethiopic
  9. Ethiopid
  10. Ethiopist
  11. Ethiopists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ethiopians (page history and authors); Ethiopian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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