Adjacent Words

Caucasian definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAUCASIAN,
CAUCUS, n. A word used in America to denote a meeting of citizens to agree upon candidates to be proposed for election to offices, or to concert measures for supporting a party. The origin of the word is not ascertained.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia; "Caucasian languages" [syn: Caucasian, Caucasic]
2: of or relating to Caucasian people [syn: Caucasian, Caucasoid] n
1: a member of the Caucasoid race [syn: White, White person, Caucasian]
2: a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere [syn: Caucasian, Caucasian language]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1658 1. of or relating to the Caucasus or its inhabitants 2. of, constituting, or characteristic of a race of humankind native to Europe, North Africa, and southwest Asia and classified according to physical features — used especially in referring to persons of European descent having usually light skin pigmentation • Caucasian noun • Caucasoid adjective or noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or relating to the White or light-skinned division of mankind. 2 of or relating to the Caucasus. --n. a Caucasian person. Etymology: Caucasus, mountains in the USSR, its supposed place of origin

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Caucasian Cau*ca"sian, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas. 2. Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Caucasian Cau*ca"sian, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian. 2. A member of any of the white races of mankind.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Caucasians) 1. A Caucasian person is a white person. (FORMAL) ...a 25-year-old Caucasian male. = white ADJ • A Caucasian is someone who is Caucasian. Ann Hamilton was a Caucasian from New England. N-COUNT 2. Anthropologists use Caucasian to refer to someone from a racial grouping coming from Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. (TECHNICAL) ...blue eyes and Caucasian features. ADJ: usu ADJ n • A Caucasian is someone who is Caucasian. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, boy, brown man, burrhead, colored person, coon, darky, gook, honky, jigaboo, jungle bunny, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pygmy, red man, redskin, slant-eye, spade, the Man, white, white man, whitey, yellow man