Indian
Definition of Indian
In´di`an a. | 1. | | | 1. | Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies. | | 2. | Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk. | | 3. | Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like.Indian bread | (Bot.) Same as Cassava. |
Indian ox | (Zool.) the zebu. |
| n. | 1. | A native or inhabitant of India. | | 2. | One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; - so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India. |
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American Indian, Amerind, Antarctic, Arctic, Atlantic, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Pacific, 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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