caucasian

4 definitions found

caucasian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Caucasian \Cau*ca"sian\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region
        between the Black and Caspian seas.
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     2. Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom
        the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the
        type.
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  Caucasian \Cau*ca"sian\, n.
     1. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian
        or Georgian.
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     2. A member of any of the white races of mankind.
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caucasian - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Caucasian
      adj 1: of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia;
             "Caucasian languages" [syn: Caucasian, Caucasic]
      2: of or relating to Caucasian people [syn: Caucasian,
         Caucasoid]
      n 1: a member of the Caucasoid race [syn: White, White person
           , Caucasian]
      2: a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are
         unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere [syn: Caucasian,
         Caucasian language]

caucasian - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "Caucasian":
     American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Indian,
     Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro,
     Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, boy,
     brown man, burrhead, colored person, coon, darky, gook, honky,
     jigaboo, jungle bunny, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pygmy,
     red man, redskin, slant-eye, spade, the Man, white, white man,
     whitey, yellow man