About The Word Oriental
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Oriental
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What's The Definition Of Oriental?
[n] a member of an Oriental race
[adj] denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'"; "Asian ancestry" Synonyms | Synonyms for Oriental: Asian | eastern | oriental person Related Terms | Find terms related to Oriental: American Indian | Amerind | antarctic | arctic | austral | Australian aborigine | black | black man | blackfellow | boreal | boy | brown man | burrhead | Bushman | Caucasian | colored person | coon | darky | east | eastbound | easterly | eastermost | eastern | easternmost | gook | honky | hyperborean | Indian | jigaboo | jungle bunny | Malayan | meridional | Mister Charley | Mongolian | Negrillo | Negrito | Negro | nigger | niggra | north | northbound | northeast | northeasterly | northeastern | northerly | northern | northernmost | northwest | northwesterly | northwestern | occidental | ofay | paleface | pygmy | Red Indian | red man | redskin | slant-eye | south | southbound | southeast | southeasterly | southeastern | southerly | southern | southernmost | southwest | southwesterly | southwestern | spade | the Man | WASP | west | westbound | westerly | western | westernmost | white | white man | whitey | yellow man See Also | Asian | Asiatic | Evenki | Ewenki | gook | Mongol | Mongolian | Mongolian race | Mongoloid race | slant-eye | yellow man | Yellow race | yellow woman Oriental In Webster's Dictionary \O`ri*en"tal\, a. [L. orientalis: cf. F. oriental.]
Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned
with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to {occidental}; as,
Oriental countries.
The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. --Sir T.
Browne.
\O`ri*en"tal\, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic. 2. pl. (Eccl.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite. |
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