Ethiopian

plural Ethiopians · alternative archaic Æthiopian

1. A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent.

   So why is Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country, seven years and eight months “behind” much of the rest of the world? And how does that work for Ethiopians living on an increasingly interconnected planet that mostly operates in an entirely different era?

   2024 June 16, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “The country where it’s still 2016”, in CNN

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   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.

   2002 August 1, Frank Tenaille, Music is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, →ISBN, page 168

2. datedA black-skinned person, especially one from Africa.

   The Ethiopian eunuch.

3. derogatoryslangA very skinny person, referencing the historic malnutrition and poverty in Ethiopia.

comparative more Ethiopian · superlative most Ethiopian · alternative archaic Æthiopian

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.

   A local official, Habtamu Fetena, had earlier told state-run broadcaster, the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) that children were among the dead and the death toll was likely to increase.

   2024 July 23, Nimi Princewill, Mek Tekeste and Louis Mian, “More than 200 dead in southern Ethiopia landslides”, in CNN

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   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.

   2018 February 20, Adesola Akinleye, Narratives in Black British Dance: Embodied Practices, →ISBN, page 195

   Synonyms: Ethiopic

2. datednot comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora.

   Any person of color recognized his Ethiopian heritage immediately. That nose, those lips, good hair or no.

   2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 314