Kaukasier — meaning in English

English meaning

• Caucasian adj Relating to people classified by an older racial system as white or of European descent.
• caucasoid adj Being a member of a human racial classification composed of several peoples inhabiting Europe, North Africa, West Asia, and parts of East Africa, South Asia and Central Asia – as well as their descendants in other world regions.

Senses

Kaukasier is used for these senses in English:

• Caucasian A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
• Caucasoid (anthropology, dated, offensive) A member of this racial classification.

Caucasian — full definition

1. adj Relating to people classified by an older racial system as white or of European descent.
2. adj Relating to the Caucasus region and its peoples or languages.
3. noun A white person, per the older racial classification.

Related German words