Meaning of Indian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of the (unrelated) languages spoken by American Indians.
   nonstandard
2. Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. Alternative letter-case form of Indian (“indigene”).
   alt-of
4. A person from India.
   countable
5. An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, and Yupik).
   countable
6. Any language spoken by natives of India, especially Hindi.
   nonstandard, rare
7. Eastern; Oriental
8. An indigenous inhabitant of Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific islands.
   countable, obsolete
9. Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas
10. Ellipsis of Indian cuisine.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
11. Made with Indian corn or maize
12. Ellipsis of Indian meal (“meal consisting of Indian cuisine”).
    UK, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, ellipsis
13. Designating any of various chess openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance
14. Ellipsis of Indian restaurant (“restaurant serving Indian cuisine”).
    UK, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, ellipsis
15. Ellipsis of Mardi Gras Indian.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis
16. A kind of marble (spherical toy) with colored bands on an opaque black base.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border.”

“We stigmatize the Indians, also, as cowardly and treacherous, because they use stratagem in warfare in preference to open force; but in this they are fully justified by their rude code of honor.”

“High Jack had been drinking too much rum ever since we landed in Boca. You know how an Indian is—the palefaces fixed his clock when they introduced him to firewater.”

“With savage desperation the Indian lunged his horse straight at Hopalong and, knife in hand, leaped for him!”

“Have you ever tried Indian?”

“We're going out tonight for an Indian.”

“We're going down to the Indian for a curry—wanna join us?”

“[They said] 'Mutton can speak Indian', 'Mutton can see Kanchinjunga out of his bedroom window'[.]”

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