Other Definitions caucasian (enc)
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Caucasian| Noun | 1. | Caucasian - a member of the Caucasoid raceAryan - (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew) Circassian - a member of a Caucasian people living in the Caucasus but not speaking an Indo-European language paleface - a derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians) Semite - a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa Kassite, Cassite - a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC Elamite - a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC | | | 2. | Caucasian - a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that have no known affiliations to languages spoken elsewherenatural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language Chechen - a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen people Circassian - a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian people Georgian - a southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition Ubykh - a virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey | | | Adj. | 1. | Caucasian - of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia; "Caucasian languages" | | | 2. | caucasian - of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population" | |
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