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Definition of Caucasian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia. "Caucasian languages"
Derivative terms: Caucasia, Caucasus, Caucasus
Partainyms: Caucasus, Caucasus
2. Noun. A member of the Caucasoid race.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Aryan, Circassian, Paleface, Semite, Cassite, Kassite, Elamite, White Man, White Woman, Poor White Trash, White Trash, Honkey, Honkie, Honky, Whitey, Wasp, White Anglo-saxon Protestant
Group relationships: Caucasian Race, Caucasoid Race, White People, White Race
Derivative terms: White
3. Adjective. Of or relating to Caucasian people.
4. Noun. A number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere.
Generic synonyms: Natural Language, Tongue
Specialized synonyms: Chechen, Circassian, Georgian, Ubykh
Definition of Caucasian
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.
2. n. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian.
Definition of Caucasian
1. Adjective. Of, or relating to the Caucasus region or its people, languages and culture. ¹
2. Adjective. (context anthropology archaic) Of a human racial classification; pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, wavy or curly hair and very light to brown pigment pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Western, Central and South Asia. ¹
3. Adjective. (US of a person) white White, being a white person: of European descent. ¹
4. Noun. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus. ¹
5. Noun. (context: anthropology archaic) A member of the Caucasian racial classification. ¹
6. Noun. A person of European descent, a white person. ¹
7. Noun. (linguistics) A group of languages spoken in the Caucasus area. ¹
8. Noun. (humorous bartending) The White Russian, a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk. Apparently originated in the 1998 film w:The Big Lebowski ''The Big Lebowski''. ¹
9. Adjective. (alternative capitalization of Caucasian) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caucasian
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