Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Caucasian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caucasian \Cau*ca"sian\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region
between the Black and Caspian seas.
2. Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom
the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the
type.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caucasian \Cau*ca"sian\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian
or Georgian.
2. A member of any of the white races of mankind.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Caucasian
adj 1: of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia;
"Caucasian languages" [syn: {Caucasian}, {Caucasian}]
2: of or relating to Caucasian people [syn: {caucasoid}]
n 1: a member of the Caucasoid race [syn: {White}, {white person},
{Caucasian}]
2: a number of language spoken in the Caucasus that have no
known affiliations to languages spoken elsewhere [syn: {Caucasian},
{Caucasian language}]
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