Definition of Indian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures. "Indian saris"

Partainyms: India
Derivative terms: India

2. Noun. A member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived.

3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages. "Indian arrowheads"

4. Noun. A native or inhabitant of India.

5. Noun. Any of the languages spoken by Amerindians.

Definition of Indian

1. a. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

2. n. A native or inhabitant of India.

Definition of Indian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to India or its people. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas (but not the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik). ¹

3. Noun. Person from India. ¹

4. Noun. A member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (but not a member of the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik). ¹

5. Noun. (obsolete) An Australian Aborigine. ¹

6. Noun. (obsolete) A Maori. ¹

7. Noun. (British) An Indian meal. ¹

8. Proper noun. (nonstandard) Any language spoken by Indians. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Indian

1. 1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies. 2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk. 3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. Indian bay, an American plant of the genus Arisaema. A. Triphyllum has a wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. See Jack in the Pulpit, and Wake-robin. Indian wheat, maize or Indian corn. Indian yellow. An intense rich yellow colour, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium. See Euxanthin. Origin: From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. Sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. Hindoo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian

indexers
indexes
indexical
indexical signs
indexicality
indexically
indexicals
indexing
indexings
indexless
indexlike
indexterity
india paper
indialite
indian
indian cherry
indian lodge
indian ocean
indian ocean islands
indian reservation
indian shot
indiarubber
indicable
indical
indican
indicanidrosis
indicans
indicant
indicants

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