Caucasian
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- adjective
- /kɔːˈkeɪʒən/
- The students were 49% female, 52% Caucasian, and 41% received free/reduced lunch.
- a Caucasian American
- identify as Caucasian
- white and Caucasian
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Watch on YouTubeAnd when he said, but she's not Caucasian, but I love her.
- And when he said, but she's not Caucasian, but I love her.
- A lot of them were like, you know, Caucasian blonde hair, blue eyes.
- Oh, my daughter is Latina, black and Caucasian.
- And since my skin is typically Caucasian, it is quite thin.
- So my adopted mum Sharon, she's a Caucasian lady and she looked after me.
- Do you relate more closely to like black culture, ethnic culture than Caucasian American culture?
- And it's, it's awkward to possibly say, especially for a Caucasian person, but I am done with that.
- And my film consists of one female lead who was written as Caucasian.
- Their faces can take makeup with boys that have your very, like, your Caucasian features.
- And yet those kids were far more confident and the capable than the Caucasian kids.
- And all the other guys were from England, from Canada, Quebec, but they're all white Caucasian guys.
- They said they smelled like they've been living comfortably, maybe couch surfing in the area, mostly Caucasian.
- All the stuff that all the Caucasian models were able to do to transform themselves was not there for us.
- Yeah, you just, I may just totally Caucasian blonde man.
Examples
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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.
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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.
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Male Caucasian body, apparently dumped from the Bay Bridge.
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Six feet tall, Caucasian, light brown hair, sandy hair, about 20.
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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
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People with light skin
Compounds
- Archaic
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An old label for people with light skin who come from Europe and nearby regions
- Specialized
A language spoken in the Caucasus region that is not related to other languages
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.