Meaning of CAUCASIAN
| Pronunciation: | | ko'keyzhun
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- [n] a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that have no known affiliations to languages spoken elsewhere
- [n] a member of the Caucasoid race
- [adj] of or relating to Caucasian people
- [adj] of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia; "Caucasian languages"
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| | Synonyms: | | Caucasian language, Caucasic, caucasoid, White, white, white person |
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| | See Also: | | Aryan, Cassite, Caucasian race, Caucasoid race, Circassian, Circassian, Elamite, Georgian, honkey, honkie, honky, human, individual, Kassite, mortal, natural language, paleface, person, poor white, poor white trash, Semite, somebody, someone, soul, tongue, Ubykh, WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, white man, White race, white trash, white woman, whitey | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
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| | Related Terms: | | American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, black, black man, blackfellow, boy, brown man, burrhead, Bushman, colored person, coon, darky, gook, honky, Indian, jigaboo, jungle bunny, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, nigger, niggra, ofay, Oriental, paleface, pygmy, Red Indian, red man, redskin, slant-eye, spade, the Man, WASP, white, white man, whitey, yellow man |
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