Definition of Caucesian
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (anthropology) of a human racial classification; including peoples of Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia, Southern Asia and parts of Central Asia having very light to brown pigmented skin.
- of, or relating to the Caucasus region or its people, languages and culture.
- (anthropology, archaic) a member of the Caucasian racial classification.
- a native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
- (linguistics) a group of languages spoken in the Caucasus area.
- (bartending) a humourous name for the White Russian, a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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