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Caucasian

//kɔːˈkeɪ.ʒən// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people.
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Caucasian. alt-of

    "The man, aged in his 30s, is described as caucasian with olive skin, medium build, about 175cm tall and has short dark hair."

  3. 3
    Of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Central, South, and Western Asia. dated
  4. 4
    Of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry; white. Australia, Canada, Singapore, US
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Caucasian people wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Caucasian. alt-of
  3. 3
    a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere wordnet
  4. 4
    Synonym of White Russian (“a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, milk, and vodka”). humorous

    "I'll go out and mingle. Jesus, you mix a hell of a Caucasian, Jackie."

  5. 5
    a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion wordnet
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  1. 6
    A member of the Caucasian racial classification (adjective sense 2). dated
  2. 7
    A group of languages spoken in the Caucasus region.
  3. 8
    A white person. Canada, US

    "The male Caucasian, twenty-four, a skier, was said to have been missing for over three hours."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Caucasus (“mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea”) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘from, related to, or like’, or forming nouns with the sense ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’). The anthropological sense (no longer regarded as scientific) was popularized by the German anthropologist and physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), based on the belief that the first humans originated from there. Noun sense 2 (“cocktail”) was popularized by the film The Big Lebowski (1998): see the quotation.

Etymology 2

From Caucasus (“mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea”) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘from, related to, or like’, or forming nouns with the sense ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’). The anthropological sense (no longer regarded as scientific) was popularized by the German anthropologist and physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), based on the belief that the first humans originated from there. Noun sense 2 (“cocktail”) was popularized by the film The Big Lebowski (1998): see the quotation.

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