Results for indian

Definitions of indian:

part of speech: noun

An East Indian, West Indian, or Anglo- Indian; one of the first inhabitants of America, or a Red Indian; Indian Ocean, the ocean lying between Asia, Africa, and Australia.

part of speech: noun

A native of the Indies: an aboriginal of America.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to the Indies, to the West Indians, or to the American Indians; made of maize or Indian corn.

part of speech: noun

A native.

part of speech: adjective

Pert. to the Indies, E. or W..

part of speech: adjective

Belonging to the Indies, East or West, or to the aborigines of America.

Usage examples for indian:

• But no Indian was ever so anxious to meet grizzly as we were. "Hunting with the Bow and Arrow", Saxton Pope

• The Indian women might know what was the trouble. "If Any Man Sin", H. A. Cody

• It's that Indian blood, Cousin Silence. "The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.", Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

• Do they also want to see the poor Indian "The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley", James Otis