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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ethnology

/ĕth-näl'-əj-ē/ · Eth·nol·o·gy · IPA /ɛθnˈɑlədʒiː/
01 n. The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which char…
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    The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.