INDIAN RACE

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 Dictionary entry overview 

• INDIAN RACE (noun)
  The noun INDIAN RACE has 2 senses:

1. sometimes included in the Caucasian race; native to the subcontinent of India
2. usually included in the Mongoloid race

  Familiarity information: INDIAN RACE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIAN RACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sometimes included in the Caucasian race; native to the subcontinent of India

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Indian race" is a kind of...):

race (people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock)

Meronyms (members of "Indian race"):

Indian (a native or inhabitant of India)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Usually included in the Mongoloid race

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Amerindian race; Indian race

Hypernyms ("Indian race" is a kind of...):

race (people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock)

Meronyms (members of "Indian race"):

American Indian; Indian; Red Indian (a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived)