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Caucasoid definition

Cau·ca·soid (kô′kə so̵id′)

adjective

designating or of one of the major geographical varieties of human beings, including peoples of Europe, Africa, the Near East, India, etc., who are generally characterized by tall stature, straight or wavy hair, etc.: loosely called the white race although it embraces many peoples of dark skin color

Etymology: from the erroneous notion that the orig. home of the hypothetical Indo-Europeans was the Caucasus

noun

a member of the Caucasoid population

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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