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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"
2. Noun. A member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived.
Generic synonyms: Amerindian, Native American
Specialized synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Anasazi, Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Maya, Mayan, Nahuatl, Olmec, Zapotec, Zapotecan, Buffalo Indian, Plains Indian, Chickasaw, Coeur D'alene, Creek, Haida, Hoka, Hokan, Iroquois, Muskhogean, Muskogean, Penutian, Pueblo, Injun, Red Man, Redskin, Salish, Shoshone, Shoshoni, Taracahitian, Tlingit, Wakashan, Aleut, Aleutian, Eskimo, Esquimau, Inuit, Paleo-american, Paleo-amerind, Paleo-indian, Sannup, Squaw
Group relationships: Amerindian Race, Indian Race
Language type: Derogation
3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages. "Indian arrowheads"
Partainyms: American Indian, American Indian, American Indian, American Indian
Derivative terms: Amerind
4. Noun. A native or inhabitant of India.
Generic synonyms: Asian, Asiatic
Specialized synonyms: Assamese, Dravidian, Gujarati, Gujerati, Kashmiri, Oriya, Panjabi, Punjabi, Mahratta, Maratha, Bohemian, Gipsy, Gypsy, Roma, Romani, Romany, Rommany, Jawan
5. Noun. Any of the languages spoken by Amerindians.
Generic synonyms: Natural Language, Tongue
Specialized synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquian Language, Algonquin, Atakapa, Atakapan, Attacapa, Attacapan, Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan Language, Muskhogean, Muskhogean Language, Muskogean, Muskogean Language, Na-dene, Mosan, Caddo, Caddoan, Caddoan Language, Iroquoian, Iroquoian Language, Iroquois, Kechua, Kechuan, Quechua, Quechuan, Quechuan Language, Maracan Language, Maraco, Tupi-guarani, Tupi-guarani Language, Arawak, Arawakan, Carib, Caribbean Language, Uto-aztecan, Uto-aztecan Language, Maya, Mayan, Mayan Language, Siouan, Siouan Language, Tanoan, Tanoan Language, Hoka, Hokan, Penutian
Derivative terms: Amerind
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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian
Literary usage of Indian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Outlook 110:484-5 Je 30 '15 Indians of North America Indian day. ... Outlook 111:591-2
N 10 '15 Fiction Yellow Pine; a story of early western Indian days. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"USES OF ALLOTTED Indian LANDS ADDRESS OF MR. 0. H. LIl'I'S , What use is the
Indian making of his land? This is a question an Indian agent is called upon to ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Among his crosses were the following: Indian Game X Light Brahma. Indian Game X
Houdan. Indian Game X Golden Wyandotte. Indian Game X Buff Cochin. ..."
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