Ethiop

American  

[ee-thee-op] / ˈi θiˌɒp /

Also Ethiope

adjective

1. Ethiopian.

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Ethiop British  

/ ˈiːθɪˌəʊp, ˈiːθɪˌɒp /

adjective

1. archaic words for Black

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Etymology

Origin of Ethiop

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Aethiops < Greek Aithíops

Example Sentences

While this tawny Ethiop prayeth, Painter, who is she that stayeth By, with skin of whitest lustre, Sunny locks, a shining cluster, Saint-like seeming to direct him To the Power that must protect him?

From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles

Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended.

From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Palgrave, Francis Turner

Madd'ning with rage to view the Lusian band, A troop so few, proud Dio's towers command, The cruel Ethiop Moor to heav'n complains, And the proud Persian's languid zeal arraigns.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

Sally is just taking note of a finale of the Ethiop choir.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend

Jeremiah has been called the blackest of pessimists, and among his best-known sayings some seem to justify the charge:— Can the Ethiop change his skin, Or the leopard his spots?

From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir