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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Caucasian \Cau*ca"sian\, adjective
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Caucasian \Cau*ca"sian\, noun
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) 2.0 [wn]:
Caucasian
adjective
1: of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia; "Caucasian languages" [syn: {Caucasic}]
2: of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population" [syn: {white}] [ant: {black}]
noun
1: a member of the Caucasoid race [syn: {White}, {white person}]
2: a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that have no known affiliations to languages spoken elsewhere [syn: {Caucasian language}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "Caucasian": American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, boy, brown man, burrhead, colored person, coon, darky, gook, honky, jigaboo, jungle bunny, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pygmy, red man, redskin, slant-eye, spade, the Man, white, white man, whitey, yellow man
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