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

At death Cassiopea was made a constellation of thirteen stars. ... that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

All this came to little purpose till one morning he observed an old Ethiop, who was tugging a heavy provision basket, stagger up the street, through the nondescript crowd.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns

How fair this Ethiop comes from th' holy fount!

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Then, with crimson gems aflame Through the door the three kings came, And the black Ethiop unrolled The richly broidered cloth of gold, And pourèd forth before thee there Gold and frankincense and myrrh!

From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred

Aragáwi raised the dead—the fingers of Likános flamed like tapers of fire—Samuel rode upon his lion; and thus the kingdom of Arwé, the old serpent of Ethiop, was utterly overthrown.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis