Definition of: Ethiopian

(ē′thē·ō′pē·ən) adjective
1. Of or pertaining to Ethiopia, or to the Ethiopians.
2. Of or pertaining to a group of Hamitic languages spoken in Abyssinia and regions to the south.
3. Ecol. Designating a zoogeographical region including Africa south of the Sahara, southern Arabia, and Madagascar.
—noun
1. A native of modern Abyssinia.
2. A member of the Ethiopian race.
3. A blackamoor.
4 a The Hamitic language of Abyssinia and the regions to the south; Cushitic. b Ethiopic.