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ethiop
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ethiop, n. [L. Aethiops, Gr. ; to burn + face.].
A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia; also, in a general sense, a negro or black man.
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ethiop
Blackness
N blackness darkness, (want of light), swartliness, lividity, dark color, tone, color, chiaroscuro, nigrification, infuscation, jet, ink, ebony, coal pitch, soot, charcoal, sloe, smut, raven, crow, negro, blackamoor, man of color, nigger, darkie, Ethiop, black, buck, nigger, coon, sambo, lampblack, ivory black, blueblack, writing ink, printing ink, printer's ink, Indian ink, India ink, in mourning.For further exploring for "ethiop" in Webster Dictionary Online