Caucasianadj.n.

/kɔːˈkeɪzɪən/

/kɔːˈkeɪʃən/

/kɔːˈkeɪʒən/

Etymology: < Caucasus, name of a mountain range between the Black Sea and the Caspian + -ian suffix.

A. adj.

Of or belonging to the region of the Caucasus: a name given by Blumenbach (a1800) to the ‘white’ race of mankind, which he derived from the region of the Caucasus.

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [adjective]

European1666

white1726

whitey1798

Caucasian1807

paleface1830

blue-eyed1838

papalagi1844

Caucasic1890

Caucasoid1902

ofay1911

leucoderm1924

pinko-grey1924

pink1930

ladino1934

mzungu1961

honky1967

mlungu1973

umlungu1976

palagi1977

1807 W. Lawrence Short Syst. Compar. Anat.

1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §141 Those nations (commonly termed Caucasian) which in the form of their skulls and other physical characters resemble Europeans.

1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. vi. 36 Three varieties or principal races—Caucasian, Mongolian, and Ethiopian.

1937 C. W. Ferguson Fifty Million Brothers v. 76 At first it was said that the candidates must be ‘Caucasian’ but this evidently was aimed at Negroes, for Jews were later admitted.

1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer i. i. 5 The first thing to present itself was a slum of Africans and Filipinos, Japanese and Mexicans... The population took on a more Caucasian tinge.

1967 Economist 9 Sept. 892/3 The top business jobs in Hawaii tend to be reserved for ‘Caucasians’... Poorly-paid labour is not ‘Caucasian’ almost by definition.

B. n.

a. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [noun]

Circassian1555

Svan1601

Mingrelian1613

Abkhaz1686

Abaza1693

Lezgin1728

Ossetian1794

Abkhazian1799

Adyghe1799

Ainu1811

Chechen1814

Ossete1814

Kabardian1824

Tat1834

Laz1836

Caucasian1843

Svanetian1854

Ossetin1869

Gurian1876

Avar1881

Ingush1902

Megrelian1961

Megrel1967

1843 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man xxiv. 253 The proper or aboriginal inhabitants of the Caucasian region are known..to consist of four distinct races... They are distinguished..as the western, middle, eastern, and southern Caucasians; the latter division including the Georgians.

1955 J. Thomas No Banners xxx. 302 A hefty Caucasian orderly asked Henry: ‘What's wrong with your comrade?’ The Caucasian pulled a thermometer out of the mouth of another sufferer.

1961 S. V. Utechin Everyman's Conc. Encycl. Russia 88 Caucasians,..in the wider sense it is applied to all the native peoples of the Caucasus, including both North Caucasus and Transcaucasia. In the narrower sense it denotes only those peoples of the Caucasus whose languages belong to the Caucasian or Japhetic..family.

b. A member of the ‘Caucasian’ family, an Indo-European; spec. a member of the ‘white race’, opposed to one of other ethnic descent.

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun]

white mana1398

Christian1622

European1666

white-face1684

long knife1784

buckra1794

sahib1796

white-skin1803

whitey1811

Pakeha1817

papalagi1817

paleface1823

whitefellow1826

Abelungu1836

haole1843

gringo1849

lightiea1855

umlungu1859

mzungu1860

heaven-burster1861

ladino1877

mooniasc1880

Conchy Joe1888

béké1889

ofay1899

ridge runner1904

Ngati Pakeha1905

kelch1912

pink1913

leucoderm1924

fay1927

Mr Charlie1928

pinkie1935

devil1938

wonk1938

oaf1941

grey1943

paddy1945

Caucasoid1956

Jumble1957

Caucasian1958

white boy1958

pinko-grey1964

honky1967

toubab1976

palagi1977

1958 W. J. Lederer & E. L. Burdick Ugly American (1959) xv. 177 Colonel Edwin Hillandale of the U.S. Air Force..is the only living Caucasian who is a graduate of the Chungking School of Occult Sciences.

1964 ‘J. H. Roberts’ Q Document (1965) vi. 152 She was quite obviously the only Caucasian in the crowd of formally dressed Japanese.

1967 [see sense A.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	caucasian
释义	Caucasianadj.n. /kɔːˈkeɪzɪən//kɔːˈkeɪʃən//kɔːˈkeɪʒən/ Etymology: < Caucasus, name of a mountain range between the Black Sea and the Caspian + -ian suffix. A. adj. Of or belonging to the region of the Caucasus: a name given by Blumenbach (a1800) to the ‘white’ race of mankind, which he derived from the region of the Caucasus. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [adjective] European1666 white1726 whitey1798 Caucasian1807 paleface1830 blue-eyed1838 papalagi1844 Caucasic1890 Caucasoid1902 ofay1911 leucoderm1924 pinko-grey1924 pink1930 ladino1934 mzungu1961 honky1967 mlungu1973 umlungu1976 palagi1977 1807 W. Lawrence Short Syst. Compar. Anat. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §141 Those nations (commonly termed Caucasian) which in the form of their skulls and other physical characters resemble Europeans. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. vi. 36 Three varieties or principal races—Caucasian, Mongolian, and Ethiopian. 1937 C. W. Ferguson Fifty Million Brothers v. 76 At first it was said that the candidates must be ‘Caucasian’ but this evidently was aimed at Negroes, for Jews were later admitted. 1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer i. i. 5 The first thing to present itself was a slum of Africans and Filipinos, Japanese and Mexicans... The population took on a more Caucasian tinge. 1967 Economist 9 Sept. 892/3 The top business jobs in Hawaii tend to be reserved for ‘Caucasians’... Poorly-paid labour is not ‘Caucasian’ almost by definition. B. n. a. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [noun] Circassian1555 Svan1601 Mingrelian1613 Abkhaz1686 Abaza1693 Lezgin1728 Ossetian1794 Abkhazian1799 Adyghe1799 Ainu1811 Chechen1814 Ossete1814 Kabardian1824 Tat1834 Laz1836 Caucasian1843 Svanetian1854 Ossetin1869 Gurian1876 Avar1881 Ingush1902 Megrelian1961 Megrel1967 1843 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man xxiv. 253 The proper or aboriginal inhabitants of the Caucasian region are known..to consist of four distinct races... They are distinguished..as the western, middle, eastern, and southern Caucasians; the latter division including the Georgians. 1955 J. Thomas No Banners xxx. 302 A hefty Caucasian orderly asked Henry: ‘What's wrong with your comrade?’ The Caucasian pulled a thermometer out of the mouth of another sufferer. 1961 S. V. Utechin Everyman's Conc. Encycl. Russia 88 Caucasians,..in the wider sense it is applied to all the native peoples of the Caucasus, including both North Caucasus and Transcaucasia. In the narrower sense it denotes only those peoples of the Caucasus whose languages belong to the Caucasian or Japhetic..family. b. A member of the ‘Caucasian’ family, an Indo-European; spec. a member of the ‘white race’, opposed to one of other ethnic descent. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun] white mana1398 Christian1622 European1666 white-face1684 long knife1784 buckra1794 sahib1796 white-skin1803 whitey1811 Pakeha1817 papalagi1817 paleface1823 whitefellow1826 Abelungu1836 haole1843 gringo1849 lightiea1855 umlungu1859 mzungu1860 heaven-burster1861 ladino1877 mooniasc1880 Conchy Joe1888 béké1889 ofay1899 ridge runner1904 Ngati Pakeha1905 kelch1912 pink1913 leucoderm1924 fay1927 Mr Charlie1928 pinkie1935 devil1938 wonk1938 oaf1941 grey1943 paddy1945 Caucasoid1956 Jumble1957 Caucasian1958 white boy1958 pinko-grey1964 honky1967 toubab1976 palagi1977 1958 W. J. Lederer & E. L. Burdick Ugly American (1959) xv. 177 Colonel Edwin Hillandale of the U.S. Air Force..is the only living Caucasian who is a graduate of the Chungking School of Occult Sciences. 1964 ‘J. H. Roberts’ Q Document (1965) vi. 152 She was quite obviously the only Caucasian in the crowd of formally dressed Japanese. 1967 [see sense A.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1807
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