Definition of caucasians Caucasians

/kɔkejˈʒʌnz/ - [kokeyshunz] -

We found 3 definitions of caucasians from 2 different sources.

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What does caucasians mean?

Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • caucasians (Noun)
    Plural of Caucasian.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

caucasian - a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere
  Caucasian language
  natural language, tongue a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
  chechen a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen
  circassian a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian
  georgian a southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition
caucasian - a member of the Caucasoid race
  White, White person, Caucasian
  mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism
  caucasian race, caucasoid race, white people, white race a light-skinned race
  aryan a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
  circassian a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian
  paleface (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians)
  semite a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa
  cassite, kassite an ancient language spoken by the Kassites
  elamite a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC
  white man a man who is White
  white woman a woman who is White
  poor white trash, white trash (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
  honkey, honkie, honky, whitey (slang) offensive names for a White man

Adjective

caucasian - of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia; "Caucasian languages"
  Caucasic
caucasian - of or relating to Caucasian people
  Caucasoid
  white of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • caucasian (Noun)
    A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
  • caucasian (Noun)
    A member of the Caucasian racial classification.
  • caucasian (Noun)
    A person of European descent, a white person.
  • caucasian (Noun)
    A group of languages spoken in the Caucasus area.
  • caucasian (Noun)
    The White Russian , a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk. Apparently originated in the 1998 film Big The Big Lebowski .
  • caucasian (Adjective)
    Of, or relating to the Caucasus region or its people, languages and culture.
  • caucasian (Adjective)
    Of a racial classification; pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, wavy or curly hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Western, Central and South Asia.
  • caucasian (Adjective)
    White, being a white person: of European descent.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • caucasian (a.)
    Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.
  • caucasian (a.)
    Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type.
  • caucasian (n.)
    A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian.
  • caucasian (n.)
    A member of any of the white races of mankind.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • caucasian
    A large language family spoken in and around the Caucasus Mountains.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • caucasian
    kaw-kā′zhi-an, adj. pertaining to Mount Caucasus or the country around it.—n. the name adopted by Blumenbach for one of his main ethnological divisions of mankind, by him made to include the two great groups, the Aryan and the Semitic; used by later anthropologists for the fair type of man as opposed to the Mongolic or yellow type

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