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Definition of Aryan

1. Noun. (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew).

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the former Indo-European people. "Indo-European migrations"

3. Noun. A member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European.

Definition of Aryan

1. n. One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo Koosh and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindoo, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic.

2. a. Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.

Definition of Aryan

1. Noun. (context theosophy Germanic mysticism nazism) A member of an (alleged) master race comprised of non-Jewish Caucasians, especially those of Nordic or Germanic descent. ¹

2. Noun. (context Nazi or white supremacist ideology informal) A person of Caucasian ethnicity; a white non-Jew. ¹

3. Noun. (chiefly US informal euphemistic) A Caucasian racist, often one who is an Aryan in the first sense. ¹

4. Noun. (dated) An Indo-European, a Proto-Indo-European. ¹

5. Noun. (dated) An Indo-Iranian. ¹

6. Noun. (context ethnography obsolete) A subdivision of the Caucasian race, which comprised the Aryans, the Semites, and the Hamites, or the accompanying linguistic subdivision. ¹

7. Adjective. Pertaining, in racial theories, to the (alleged) Aryan master race. ¹

8. Adjective. (context neo-Nazi or white supremacist ideology informal) Pertaining to the Caucasian ethnicity. ¹

9. Adjective. (US informal euphemistic) Pertaining to Caucasian racists or their organisations, theories, etc. ¹

10. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Indo-Iranian peoples, cultures, and languages. ¹

11. Adjective. (dated) Of or pertaining to Indo-European peoples, cultures and languages. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Aryan

1. 1. One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindoo, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic. 2. The language of the original Aryans. Alternative forms: Arian. Origin: Skr. Arya excellent, honorable; akin to the name of the country Iran, and perh. To Erin, Ireland, and the early name of this people, at least in Asia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aryan

aruspex aruspices aruspicy arval arval-bread arvals arvel arvels arvicole arvicoles

arviculture arvo arvos arvy ary aryan (current term) arycorniculate synchondrosis aryepiglottic aryepiglottic fold aryepiglottic muscle

aryl aryl-alcohol oxidase aryl-alpha-mannosidase aryl acylamidase aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylases aryl sulphatase arylacetyl-CoA N-acetyltransferase arylalkyl acylamidase arylalkylamine-N-acetyltransferase arylamidase

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