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   Cau·ca·sian

   /kôˈkāZH(ə)n/

   

   adjective

   • 1. white-skinned; of European origin: North American "twenty of the therapists were Caucasian, two were African American, and two were Hispanic"
   • ▪ relating to one of the traditional divisions of humankind, covering a broad group of peoples from Europe, western Asia, and parts of India and North Africa. dated
   • 2. relating to the Caucasus.
   • 3. relating to or denoting a group of languages spoken in the region of the Caucasus, of which thirty-eight are known, many not committed to writing. The most widely spoken is Georgian, of the small South Caucasian family, not related to the three North Caucasian families.

   noun

   • 1. a white person; a person of European origin: North American "the man is described as being a 50-year-old Caucasian with a full head of graying hair"
   • 2. a person from the Caucasus: "the Caucasians of Southern Russia"

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