Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Caucasian , including Huxley's divisions melanochroic and xanthochroic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective belonging to the caucasian racial group.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anthropology a member of the racial classification of humanity composed of many peoples inhabiting Europe, the Northeast Atlantic, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Asia, South Asia and parts of Central Asia, as well as their descendants in other regions of the world.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to Caucasian people
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Examples
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But according to anthropologist Donald K. Grayson of the University of Washington, "the use of the term caucasoid really is a red flag, suggesting that whites were here earlier and Indians were here later, and there's absolutely no reason to think that."
Reburial Dispute 1996
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Meanwhile, word got around that the bones displayed "caucasoid" characteristics, which set off neo-Pagans and white supremacists who claimed the remains were possibly a "white" ancestor of theirs.
Crosscut Knute Berger 2010
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Meanwhile, word got around that the bones displayed "caucasoid" characteristics, which set off neo-Pagans and white supremacists who claimed the remains were possibly a "white" ancestor of theirs.
Crosscut Knute Berger 2010
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Meanwhile, word got around that the bones displayed "caucasoid" characteristics, which set off neo-Pagans and white supremacists who claimed the remains were possibly a "white" ancestor of theirs.
Crosscut Knute Berger 2010
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Meanwhile, word got around that the bones displayed "caucasoid" characteristics, which set off neo-Pagans and white supremacists who claimed the remains were possibly a "white" ancestor of theirs.
Crosscut Knute Berger 2010
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There is an old theory about human origins that posits a negroid racial origin from gorillas, a caucasoid racial origin from chimpanzees and a mongoloid racial origin from orangutans.
Today's chimpanzee news. Ann Althouse 2009
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I might be reborn as clearheaded cockeyed caucasoid less dumb and more clever she thresa and me trevor. posted at on 6 oct 2006
2006 December 18 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006
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I might be reborn as clearheaded cockeyed caucasoid less dumb and more clever she thresa and me trevor. posted at on 6 oct 2006
I Wont Cross Your Path Ever « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006
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Althouse - Aryan caucasoid stock plus Semetic caucasian?
"All of us are routing 'American Idol.' It’s so great. The No. 1 show in television and it's getting ruined." Ann Althouse 2007
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For the race caucasoid, the whimsical suit belongs to the stage only, for on the street he is become the clown.
"You know who I love?" Ann Althouse 2007
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