Indian

aggettivo

1. 1

   Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies.

   An IAF representative told an Indian parliamentary committee that due to the Ukraine war a “major delivery” from Moscow “is not going to take place.”

2. 2

   obsoletoEastern; Oriental.

   The morrow next apprear'd with purple hayre / Yet dropping fresh out of the Indian fount, / And bringing light into the heavens fayre […].

3. 3

   Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

   The hardships of bark-collecting in the primeval forests of South America are of the severest kind, and undergone only by the half-civilized Indians and people of mixed race, in the pay of speculators or companies located in the towns.

4. 4

   Made with Indian corn or maize.

   Indian bread

   Indian meal

5. 5

   Designating any of various chess openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance.

sostantivo

1. 1

   A person from India.

   [A]ll personnel are to be hereby ordered to refer to her as a "Kumiho," and not a "Kitsune." Personnel asking what the difference is are to be reminded of the difference between a Cherokee Indian and a New Delhi Indian.

   Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border.

2. 2

   An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, and Yupik).

   We stigmatize the Indians, also, as cowardly and treacherous, because they use stratagem in warfare in preference to open force; but in this they are fully justified by their rude code of honor.

   High Jack had been drinking too much rum ever since we landed in Boca. You know how an Indian is—the palefaces fixed his clock when they introduced him to firewater.

   With savage desperation the Indian lunged his horse straight at Hopalong and, knife in hand, leaped for him!

   [A]ll personnel are to be hereby ordered to refer to her as a "Kumiho," and not a "Kitsune." Personnel asking what the difference is are to be reminded of the difference between a Cherokee Indian and a New Delhi Indian.

3. 3

   obsoletoAn indigenous inhabitant of Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific islands.

4. 4

   A kind of marble (spherical toy) with colored bands on an opaque black base.

5. 5

   Variante di Indian cuisineEllipsis of Indian cuisine.

   Have you ever tried Indian?

6. 6

   Variante di Indian mealEllipsis of Indian meal (“meal consisting of Indian cuisine”).

   We're going out tonight for an Indian.

7. 7

   Variante di Indian restaurantEllipsis of Indian restaurant (“restaurant serving Indian cuisine”).

   We're going down to the Indian for a curry—wanna join us?

8. 8

   Variante di Mardi Gras IndianEllipsis of Mardi Gras Indian.

nome proprio

1. 1

   Any of the (unrelated) languages spoken by American Indians.

2. 2

   raroAny language spoken by natives of India, especially Hindi.

   [They said] 'Mutton can speak Indian', 'Mutton can see Kanchinjunga out of his bedroom window'[.]

Forme

plurale

Indians

comparativo

more Indian

superlativo

most Indian