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caucasian
CIDE DICTIONARY
caucasian, a.
- Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas. [1913 Webster]
- Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type. [1913 Webster]
caucasian, n.
- A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian. [1913 Webster]
- A member of any of the white races of mankind. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
caucasian, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or relating to the White or light-skinned division of mankind.
2 of or relating to the Caucasus.
--n. a Caucasian person.
--adj.
1 of or relating to the White or light-skinned division of mankind.
2 of or relating to the Caucasus.
--n. a Caucasian person.
Etymology
Caucasus, mountains in the USSR, its supposed place of origin
THESAURUS
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 manFor further exploring for "caucasian" in Webster Dictionary Online
