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Meaning of XANTHOCHROI

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Xan*thoch"ro*i\, n. pl. [NL. See {Xanthochroic}.]
(Ethnol.)
A division of the Caucasian races, comprising the
lighter-colored members.
      The Xanthochroi, or fair whites, . . . are the
      prevalent inhabitants of Northern Europe, and the type
      may be traced into North Africa, and eastward as far as
      Hindostan.                               --Tylor.
 
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