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:
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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