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Caucasian male

Caucasian male

7 3.6
A man or boy with light skin that people call white
  • noun
  • /kɔːˈkeɪʒən meɪl/
translation icon : hombre caucásico
  • Student participants were three Caucasian males, ages 8, 10, and 11.
  • old Caucasian male
  • year-old Caucasian male
  • included Caucasian males

There are not as many females or African Americans or Hispanics in tech as there are Caucasian males.

Examples

  • Evan was a 15-year-old ninth-grade Caucasian male identified as learning disabled and diagnosed with ADHD.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Suspect is a Caucasian male on foot and possibly armed.

    One Way (2022)

  • Dean was a Caucasian male, 29 years old, married, with one child.

    Academic text (2009)

  • So we have a 40-something-year-old Caucasian male.

    Devil's Revenge (2019)

  • The suspect is described as a Caucasian male in his early 20s...

    Repeaters (2011)

  • He's a tall, Caucasian male.

    They Live (1988)

  • Mark was a 16-year-old Caucasian male in the 11th grade and was diagnosed with a learning disability in mathematics.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Michael was a 14-year-old Caucasian male who was admitted to an inpatient unit for the treatment of severe aggression and property destruction.

    Academic text (2014)

  • According to a witness, the assailant is a Caucasian male in his 20s wearing, believe it or not, a cowboy holster.

    Against the Law (1997)

  • According to the report, the suspect is described as a Caucasian male wearing a black jacket.

Synonyms

white man
vsCaucasian male
383 1.6

A man with light skin, often from Europe

is used mainly for formal classification in demographic or social contexts

Surface Forms

Caucasian male singular
Caucasian males plural

Morphology

Caucasian + male

The phrase simply combines the adjective 'Caucasian' (people of European descent/pale skin) with the noun 'male' (a man), so its meaning 'a white man' is directly compositional from the parts. This adjective+noun pattern is literal and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Caucasian male comes from an old idea that people from the Caucasus mountains were used as the example of the 'white' group. Caucasian refers to that region and male means man, so today Caucasian male simply means a man considered part of the 'white' race.