Dictionary 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.2. (a.) of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk. 3. (a.) Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. 4. (n.) A native or inhabitant of India. 5. (n.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India. Thesaurus American Indian Amerind Antarctic Arctic Atlantic Australian aborigine Bushman Caucasian Malayan Mister Charley Mongolian Oriental Pacific Red Indian WASP black black man blackfellow boy brown man burrhead colored person coon darky gook honky jigaboo jungle bunny ofay paleface pygmy red man redskin slant-eye spade the Man white white man whitey yellow man |