Definitions for Indian

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Indian In·di·an

Spelling: [in-dee-uh n]

IPA: /ˈɪn di ən/

Indian is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in Indian (adiinn).

Definitions for Indian

noun

1. Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
2. any of the indigenous languages of the American Indians. Abbreviation: Ind.
3. a member of any of the peoples native to or inhabiting India or the East Indies.
4. a citizen of the Republic of India.
5. Slang. a person who performs a required task or carries out the instructions of superiors:
6. Astronomy. the constellation Indus.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the American Indians or their languages.
2. of, relating to, or characteristic of India or the East Indies.
3. made of Indian corn:
4. Zoogeography. oriental (def 3).
5. Phytogeography. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising India south of the Himalayas, and Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Origin of Indian

1350-1400; Medieval Latin Indiānus; replacing Middle English Indien Old French Medieval Latin as above. See India, -an

Examples for Indian

Poolaw spent most of his life (1906—84) documenting Indian subjects.

It died just as the languages of most of our Indian tribes have become a thing of the past.

"We called it the Stick-which-kills-flying," said the Indian, and hid it again under his blanket.

It secures us against all future annoyance from powerful Indian tribes.

Oh, I was an Indian in my time—a reg'ler measly hop-pickin' Siwash at that.

It was as much as any Spaniard could do to tell one half-naked Indian from another.

Eid, who teaches Indian law at two law schools and works as an attorney himself, had no idea that it was coming.

The feisty airline is the brainchild of entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, a Malaysian of Indian descent who also is a British citizen.

They castigated the captain, a 48-year-old Indonesian, and his rookie copilot, a 24-year-old Indian.

Both the Bangalore City Crime Branch and Indian national intelligence officials are after him.