CAUCASIAN Definition & Meaning

Caucasian

[ kaw-key-zhuhn, -shuhn, -kazh-uhn, -kash- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) of, relating to, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, marked by fair to dark skin, straight to tightly curled hair, and light to very dark eyes, and originally inhabiting Europe, parts of North Africa, western Asia, and India.
white ( def 3 ):
a brown-haired Caucasian female with a tattoo on her left shoulder.
of or relating to the Caucasus mountain range.
Linguistics. of or related to the non-Indo-European, non-Turkic languages of the Caucasus region.

noun

Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Caucasian race, especially those peoples having light to fair skin.
a white person:
The chef at this awesome new Indian restaurant is actually a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian from Montana.
a native of Caucasia.

Caucasian

/ -ʒən; kɔːˈkeɪzɪən; kɔːˈkeɪzɪk /

adjective

old-fashioned.
another word for Caucasoid
of or relating to the Caucasus

noun

a White person; a Caucasoid
a native or inhabitant of Caucasia
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

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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

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Caucasian¹

First recorded in 1800–10; from Latin Caucas(eus), Caucas(ius), derivative of Caucasus, from Greek ��ú�첹��ǲ�; + -ian adjective suffix; Caucasus, -ian

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Studies have found South Asians, including Indians, tend to have more body fat than white Caucasians at the same Body Mass Index.

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He told TMZ that he was sleeping in the passenger seat when a “Caucasian” officer on a “power trip” slapped him to wake him up.

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Rankin has cast himself as the outsider, the solitary depressive and the only Caucasian main role.

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In “Southland,” Kernan attacked the 14th and 15th amendments, which respectively gave citizenship rights to Black Americans and voting rights to Black men: “Let the blessing of the ballot by Caucasians be controlled.”

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A 26-year-old man has been arrested in the case that has shocked the small South Caucasian nation.

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Caucasia Caucasian lily

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