Cau*ca"sian (?), a.

1.

Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.

2.

Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type.

 

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Cau*ca"sian, n.

1.

A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian.

2.

A member of any of the white races of mankind.

 

© Webster 1913.