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Caucasian

Caucasian

79 5.6
Relating to white people from Europe and their family origins
  • adjective
  • /kɔːˈkeɪʒən/
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  • The students were 49% female, 52% Caucasian, and 41% received free/reduced lunch.
  • a Caucasian American
  • identify as Caucasian
  • white and Caucasian

And when he said, but she's not Caucasian, but I love her.

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Examples

  • The university from which the sample was drawn had predominantly Caucasian students, with 6% being minority.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The majority of the participants were female, Caucasian, and in their early 20s.

    Academic text (2008)
  • --Caucasian male, 4 years old, in the back seat.

  • Hall did not buy the car, but instead, he married a Caucasian wife while in England.

    Academic text (2017)
  • A lot of them were like, you know, Caucasian blonde hair, blue eyes.

  • Male Caucasian body, apparently dumped from the Bay Bridge.

  • Six feet tall, Caucasian, light brown hair, sandy hair, about 20.

  • Evan's Algebra teacher, Ms. Anderson, was a Caucasian female in her 20s with four years of teaching experience.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The ethnic breakdown of students in the school was 54% Caucasian, 33% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 4% Asian.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The survey included a majority of Caucasian participants, reflecting the population demographics of the area.

Synonyms

white
vsCaucasian
1.0

People with light skin

focuses more on ethnic ancestry and physical traits than only skin color

Compounds

A man or boy with light skin that people call white

Caucasian race
  • Archaic
1 8.0

An old label for people with light skin who come from Europe and nearby regions

A group of actors who are mostly white

Caucasian language
  • Specialized
9.9

A language spoken in the Caucasus region that is not related to other languages

A medium-sized tree from the Caucasus with many branches and winged fruit

Surface Forms

Caucasian positive

Morphology

Caucasian = Caucasus (opaque) = Caucasus + ian

Although the form is built from the place name, the modern racial meaning is a historical and socially specialized extension that is not predictable from the parts alone.

Etymology

Caucasian is also used to mean 'white' people of European origin; a helpful way to remember this is that old writers linked people from Europe and nearby lands to the Caucasus, so the word became a common label for 'white' people.