aryan

Definition of Aryan in English :

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Noun

1. aryan

(according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)

2. aryan, indo-european

a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European

indo-european

Adjective

3. aryan, indo-aryan, indo-european

of or relating to the former Indo-European people

Example Sentences:
'Indo-European migrations'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Aryan

see synonyms of aryan

noun

1.

(in Nazi ideology) a Caucasian of non-Jewish descent, esp of the Nordic type

2.

a member of any of the peoples supposedly descended from the Indo-Europeans, esp a speaker of an Iranian or Indic language in ancient times

adjective

3.

of, relating to, or characteristic of an Aryan or Aryans

adjective, noun

4. archaic

Indo-European

Aryan

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adjective

1. Obsolete

designating or of the Indo-European language family

2. Obsolete

Indo-Iranian

3.

of the Aryans

noun

4. Obsolete

the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European family

5.

a person belonging to, or supposed to be a descendant of, the prehistoric peoples that spoke this language

Aryan has no validity as an ethnological term, but it has been so used, notoriously by the Nazis, to mean “a Caucasoid of non-Jewish descent,” “a person of Nordic descent,” etc.

Aryan

see synonyms of aryan

n.

1. Indo-Iranian.

2. A member of the people who spoke the parent language of the Indo-European languages. No longer in technical use.

3. A member of any people speaking an Indo-European language. No longer in technical use.

4. In Nazism and neo-Nazism, a non-Jewish Caucasian, especially one of Nordic type, supposed to be part of a master race.

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Noun

Adjective

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