Indian | |
1. adj. Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies. | |
2. adj. (obsolete) Eastern; Oriental. | |
3. adj. Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas. | |
4. adj. (North America, of foods) Made with Indian corn or maize. | |
Indian bread; Indian meal | |
5. adj. (chess) Designating any of various chess opening, openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance. | |
6. n. A person from India. | |
7. n. A member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik). | |
8. n. (now rare, historical) An indigenous inhabitant of Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific islands. | |
9. n. Indian cuisine; traditional Indian food. | |
10. n. (colloquial) A meal at (or taken away from) an Indian restaurant. | |
We're going out tonight for an Indian. | |
11. n. (colloquial) An Indian restaurant. | |
We're going down the Indian for a curry - wanna join us? | |