Definition of: Indian

(in′dē·ən) adjective
1. Pertaining to India or the East Indies or to Indians.
2. Pertaining to the American aboriginal race or to the West Indies.
3. Made from maize.
—noun
1. A native of India or of the East Indies.
2. A member of the aboriginal race of America (American Indian) or of the West Indies.
3. Loosely, any of the languages of the American Indians. [<L India <Gk. <Indos the Indus river <OPersian Hindu India <Skt. sindhu river. Cf. HINDI.