What does "caucasian" mean?
A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
Caucasian
/kɔːˈkeɪ.ʒən/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
- Grammar: caucasian is listed as adj, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: white, white person, abkhazian, american indian.
- Useful contrasts: asiatic, non Caucasian, non Caucasus resident.
- Usage evidence: Tsez is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 15,000 people in Dagestan.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Caucasian. alt-of
- 3 a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere wordnet
- 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 a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion wordnet
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- 6 A member of the Caucasian racial classification (adjective sense 2). dated
- 7 A group of languages spoken in the Caucasus region.
- 8 A white person. Canada, US
"The male Caucasian, twenty-four, a skier, was said to have been missing for over three hours."
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people.
- 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 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 Of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry; white. Australia, Canada, Singapore, US
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to Caucasian people wordnet
- 2 of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia wordnet
Synonyms
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Example
"Tsez is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 15,000 people in Dagestan."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "caucasian"?
Common synonyms include: white, white person, abkhazian, american indian, amerind, australian aborigine.
How do you use "caucasian" in a sentence?
Tsez is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 15,000 people in Dagestan.
How do you pronounce "caucasian"?
Pronounced /kɔːˈkeɪ.ʒən/.
Etymology
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.