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Definition of Indian adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Indian

adjective
 
/ˈɪndiən/
 
/ˈɪndiən/
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  1. of or connected with India or with the subcontinent that includes India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
    • Indian farmers
    • the Indian subcontinent
    • Smith is half American, half Indian.
    see also Anglo-Indian
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryIndian is used with these nouns:
    • corn
    • curry
    • elephant
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  2. (old-fashioned, sometimes offensive) of or connected with any of the indigenous (= original) peoples of America, especially North America
  3. (Canadian English) of or connected with Native Canadians who are not Inuit or Metis
see also West Indian
Idioms
(in) Indian file (old-fashioned)
(also (in) single file)
  1. (in) one line, one behind the other
    • They made their way in Indian file along the cliff path.
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