Caucasoid

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Caucasian +‎ -oid

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Caucasoid (comparative more Caucasoid, superlative most Caucasoid)

  1. (anthropology, dated, offensive) Being a member of a racial classification of humanity composed of many peoples inhabiting Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and parts of Central Asia, as well as their descendants in other regions of the world.
    • 1990 August 31, Christopher Wittke, “Athletes (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 7, page 16:
      It's also nice to see some non-white skin in these pages since almost all of the skin aimed at the "gay market" is distinctly Caucasoid.

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Caucasoid (plural Caucasoids)

  1. (anthropology, dated, offensive) A member of this racial classification.

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