English Explanatory Dictionary

Caucasian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people.
  2. 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.
  3. Of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry; white.
noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
  2. Synonym of White Russian (“a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, milk, and vodka”).
  3. A member of the Caucasian racial classification (adjective sense 2).
  4. A group of languages spoken in the Caucasus region.
  5. A white person.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Caucasian.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Caucasian.

Pronunciation

/kɔːˈkeɪ.ʒən/ /-ʃən/ /kɔːˈkeɪ.zɪ.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Caucasian.wav /kɔˈkeɪ.ʒən/ /kɑˈkeɪ.ʒən/

Word forms

Caucasian more Caucasian most Caucasian Caucasians

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.

Synonyms

Caucasic Caucasoid Europid White Russian abelungu ang moh Angrez balanda béké bule cac Caucasian cornstarch crusader cracker cumskin European farang firangi gringo gora gussuk gweilo haole honky hoogie hoojah ice monkey ivory joganosh kabloona laowai leucoderm mayo mayo monkey mayonnaise face melanin-challenged migaloo mlungu mzungu ofay oyinbo paddy Pakeha paleface pigskin pinky roundeye saltine snow bunny snow roach toubab umlungu vazaha vanilla wadjela white whiteboy white bread white devil whiteface

Related words

Caucasic Caucasoid Caucasus

Derived words

Caucasian agama Caucasian Albania Caucasian Albanian Caucasian alder Caucasian ash Caucasian Azerbaijan Caucasian badger Caucasian bear Caucasian birch mouse Caucasian black grouse Caucasian bladdernut Caucasian bluestem Caucasian clover Caucasian comfrey Caucasian dwarf goby Caucasian elk Caucasian goat Caucasian goby Caucasian grouse Caucasian hackberry Caucasian honey bee Caucasian Iberia Caucasian leopard Caucasian lily Caucasian lynx Caucasian mole Caucasian moose Caucasian mountain ground squirrel Caucasianness Caucasian nettle tree Caucasian newt Caucasian ovcharka Caucasian peony Caucasian persimmon Caucasian salamander Caucasian shepherd Caucasian shepherd dog Caucasian smooth newt Caucasian snowcock Caucasian snowdrop Caucasian snow vole Caucasian squirrel Caucasian tur Caucasian walnut Caucasian whortleberry Caucasian wildcat Caucasian wingnut Caucasian zelkova Caucasity Dené-Caucasian Dene-Caucasian North Caucasian Federal District South Caucasian Northeast Caucasian
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