Caucasian

Cau·ca·sian

 (kô-kā′zhən, -kăzh′ən)

adj.

1.

a. Of or relating to a racial group having light-colored skin; white.

b. Of or being a human racial classification distinguished especially by very light to brown skin and straight to wavy or curly hair, and including peoples indigenous to Europe, northern Africa, western Asia, and parts of South Asia. No longer in scientific use.

2. Of or relating to the Caucasus region or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

3. Of or relating to a group of three language families spoken in the region of the Caucasus mountains, including Chechen, Abkhaz, and the Kartvelian languages.

n.

1.

a. A person having light-colored skin; a white person.

b. A member of the Caucasian racial classification. No longer in scientific use.

2. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.

3. The Caucasian language family.

Caucasian

(kɔːˈkeɪzɪən; -ʒən) or

Caucasic

adj

1. (Peoples) old-fashioned another word for Caucasoid

2. (Placename) of or relating to the Caucasus

n

3. (Peoples) a White person; Caucasoid

4. (Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Caucasia

5. (Languages) any of three possibly related families of languages spoken in the Caucasus: North-West Caucasian, including Circassian and Abkhaz, North-East Caucasian, including Avar, and South Caucasian including Georgian

Usage: The word Caucasian is very widely used in the US to refer to people of European origin or people who are White, even though the original classification was broader than this

Cau•ca•sian

(kɔˈkeɪ ʒən, -ʃən, -ˈkæʒ ən, -ˈkæʃ-)

adj. Also, Cau•cas•ic (kɔˈkæs ɪk, -ˈkæz-)

1. of, designating, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, marked by fair to dark skin, straight to curly hair, and light to very dark eyes and orig. inhabiting Europe, parts of North Africa, W Asia, and India.

2. of the Caucasus region, its peoples, or their culture.

3. of or designating the non-Indo-European, non-Turkic languages spoken by the indigenous peoples of the Caucasus and adjacent areas.

n.

4. a person having Caucasian physical characteristics.

5. a native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.

[1800–10]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Caucasian - a member of the Caucasoid race   White, White person individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" Aryan - (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew) Caucasian race, Caucasoid race, White people, White race - a light-skinned race Circassian - a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia 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 Kassite, Cassite - a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC 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 WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant - a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
	2.	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 Ubykh - an extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey
Adj.	1.	Caucasian - of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia; "Caucasian languages" Caucasic
	2.	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"

Translations

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CaucasienEuropéen

кавказецкавказцы

Caucasian

[kɔːˈkeɪzɪən]

A. ADJ (by race) → caucásico (Geog) → caucasiano

B. N (by race) → caucásico/a m/f (Geog) → caucasiano/a m/f

Caucasian

[kɔːˈkeɪziən kɔːˈkeɪʒən]

adj → caucasien(ne)

n (= person) → Caucasien(ne) m/f

Caucasian

adj → kaukasisch

n → Kaukasier(in) m(f)

Caucasian

[kɔːˈkeɪzɪən] adj & n → caucasico/a