Definitions for Caucasian

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Caucasian Cau·ca·sian

Spelling: [kaw-key-zhuh n, -shuh n, -kazh- Caucasian is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 160 anagrams from letters in Caucasian (aaaccinsu).

Definitions for Caucasian

noun

1. Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Caucasian race, especially those peoples having light to fair skin.
2. a white person:
3. a native of Caucasia.

adjective

1. Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) of, relating to, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, marked by fair to dark skin, straight to tightly curled hair, and light to very dark eyes, and originally inhabiting Europe, parts of North Africa, western Asia, and India.
2. white (def 3):
3. of or relating to the Caucasus mountain range.
4. of or related to the non-Indo-European, non-Turkic languages of the Caucasus region.

Origin of Caucasian

1800-10; Latin Caucasi(us) (Greek Kaukásios, equivalent to Kaúkas(os) Caucasus + -ios adj. suffix) + -an

Examples for Caucasian

There is hardly an exception to this in the whole history of Caucasian ideas.

For the Caucasian minority in prison, white supremacy is still the sub-culture of choice.

The making it difficult is part of the dust the Caucasian throws in his own eyes.

Some anthropologists thought he looked like a Caucasian actor from Star Trek.

God is not natural to the Caucasian; the Caucasian is not natural with God.

Here we have a country—Russia—where hunting for gays and for northern Caucasian facial features is becoming a national sport.

According to Variety, casting was delayed by the question of whether or not Episode VII would have a Caucasian lead.

Nalle is an octoroon; his wife has the same infusion of Caucasian blood.

It is because the Caucasian believes in Him that he lives in fear and dies in fear.

Still, the exposed skin on my face and hands felt drawn and hot, stinging, a fire of whiteness, a burning Caucasian husk.