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1. (Also,) Caucasian
of, designating, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, marked by fair to dark skin, straight to curly hair, and light to very dark eyes and orig. inhabiting Europe, parts of North Africa, W Asia, and India.
2. Caucasian
of the Caucasus region, its peoples, or their culture.
3. Caucasian
of or designating the non-Indo-European, non-Turkic languages spoken by the indigenous peoples of the Caucasus and adjacent areas.
4. (n.) Caucasian
a person having Caucasian physical characteristics.
5. Caucasian
a native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
Etymology: (1900–05)
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| Definition of 'Caucasian' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) White, White person, Caucasian
a member of the Caucasoid race
2. (adj) Caucasian, Caucasian language
a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere
3. (adj) Caucasian, Caucasic
of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia
"Caucasian languages"
4. (adj) Caucasian, Caucasoid
of or relating to Caucasian people
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Caucasian
of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas
2. (adj) Caucasian
of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type
3. (noun) Caucasian
a native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian
4. (noun) Caucasian
a member of any of the white races of mankind
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