[Ethi.o.pi.an] n (13c) 1: a member of any of the mythical or actual peoples usu. described by the ancient Greeks as dark-skinned and living far to the south
2. archaic: a black person
3: a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia
[2]Ethiopian adj (1578) 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of the inhabitants or the country of Ethiopia
2: of, relating to, or being the biogeographic region that includes Africa south of the Sahara, southern Arabia, and sometimes Madagascar and the adjacent islands