noun

1. An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.

2. An ethnic minority.

3. A heathen, a pagan.

adjective

1. Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.

   “There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands”

2. Characteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.

   “I like to eat ethnic food”

3. Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.

Synonyms: exotic, gentile, pagan