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Noun1.Caucasian race - a light-skinned race
Caucasoid race, White people, White race
race - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; 'some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings'
Caucasian, White, White person - a member of the Caucasoid race
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1807, of or pertaining to the Caucasus Mountains (q.v.), with -ian. Applied to the 'white' race 1795 (in Latin) by German anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840), who in his pioneering treatise on anthropology distinguished mankind into five races: Mongolian, Ethiopian, Malay, (Native) American, and Caucasian. In the latter group he included nearly all Europeans (except Lapps and Finns), Armenians, Persians, and Hindus, as well as Arabs and Jews. His attempt at division was based on physical similarities in skulls.

Blumenbach had a solitary Georgian skull; and that skull was the finest in his collection: that of a Greek being the next. Hence it was taken as the type of the skull of the more organised divisions of our species. More than this, it gave its name to the type, and introduced term Caucasian. Never has a single head done more harm to science than was done in the way of posthumous mischief by the head of this well-shaped female from Georgia. [Robert Gordon Latham, M.D., 'The Natural History of the Varieties of Man,' London, 1850]

Casino homestead. The word has long since been abandoned as a historical/anthropological term. Compare Aryan.

Caucasian (n.)

'resident or native of the Caucasus,' 1843; see Caucasian (adj.). Meaning 'one of the 'white' race' is from 1830.

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Chris Wallace (Tom Hanks) moderates the final debate between Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) and Hillary Clinton (Kate McKinnon).Subscribe to SNL: https://goo.gl. Double Consciousness is a term coined by W. Du Bois to describe an individual whose identity is divided into several facets. As a theoretical tool, 'double consciousness' reveals the psycho-social divisions in American society and allows for a full understanding of those divisions. 'Caucasian Mountain Dog (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) ' is a great book written by one of the best Caucasian Shepherd breeders in the U.S. Stacy Kubyn shares her insight into this remarkable breed and offers a candid view of Caucasian Shepherd's temperament, including her sound advice about owning this powerful and demanding working dog. The term BlackIrish refers to people of Irish descent with various dark features such as Black hair, dark eyeballs, and tanned skin. Although most people in the modern-day Republic of Ireland can barely notice the difference among Caucasian Irish people based on their appearance, most foreigners especially Americans have a perception of how the Irish people look: Blond or red hair, freckled.


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Related to Caucasian race: White race
Noun1.Caucasian race - a light-skinned race
Caucasoid race, White people, White race
race - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; 'some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings'
Caucasian, White, White person - a member of the Caucasoid race
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1807, of or pertaining to the Caucasus Mountains (q.v.), with -ian. Applied to the 'white' race 1795 (in Latin) by German anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840), who in his pioneering treatise on anthropology distinguished mankind into five races: Mongolian, Ethiopian, Malay, (Native) American, and Caucasian. In the latter group he included nearly all Europeans (except Lapps and Finns), Armenians, Persians, and Hindus, as well as Arabs and Jews. His attempt at division was based on physical similarities in skulls.

Blumenbach had a solitary Georgian skull; and that skull was the finest in his collection: that of a Greek being the next. Hence it was taken as the type of the skull of the more organised divisions of our species. More than this, it gave its name to the type, and introduced term Caucasian. Never has a single head done more harm to science than was done in the way of posthumous mischief by the head of this well-shaped female from Georgia. [Robert Gordon Latham, M.D., 'The Natural History of the Varieties of Man,' London, 1850]

Casino homestead. The word has long since been abandoned as a historical/anthropological term. Compare Aryan.

Caucasian (n.)

'resident or native of the Caucasus,' 1843; see Caucasian (adj.). Meaning 'one of the 'white' race' is from 1830.

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