indian

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UK /ˈɪn.dɪ.ən/ US /ˈɪn.di.ən/

adj 6noun 6name 2

Collocations

ADJ.

best, many, milder, old, parliamentary, real, representative, rich

The old Indian restaurant on the corner finally closed down last month.

VERB + INDIAN

arranged, founded, garden, know, part, taught, told

My grandmother taught Indian cooking to all of us grandchildren every summer.

INDIAN + NOUN

boys, buyer, committee, curry, food, fount, girls, islands

We ordered Indian curry from the restaurant down the street last night.

PREP.

down, in, in, into, out, than

I turned down the Indian restaurant on Fifth Street because the reviews weren't good.

ADV.

anywhere

You won't find Indian food anywhere as good as at that little restaurant on Fifth Street.

Definitions

adj

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.”

Eastern; Oriental.

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

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.

Made with Indian corn or maize.

Indian bread

Indian meal

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.

noun

A person from India.

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.

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.

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

Ellipsis of Indian cuisine.

Have you ever tried Indian?

Ellipsis of Indian meal (“meal consisting of Indian cuisine”).

We're going out tonight for an Indian.

name

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

Any language spoken by natives of India, especially Hindi.

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

amerind

adjective — of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or lan

amerind
amerindic

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Indian sign

A curse causing loss of will power or persistent bad luck.

"You certainly are my jinx, sonny. You have hung the Indian sign on me all right."

Example Bank

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.”

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, indian is marked as obsolete, US, UK, colloquial, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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