asiatic(n = noun.person) asian - a native or inhabitant of Asia;
is a kind of denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant, person of color, person of colour
has particulars: coolie, cooly, oriental, oriental person, indian, eurasian, afghan, afghanistani, altaic, armenian, bangladeshi, bengali, bhutanese, bhutani, burmese, byzantine, cambodian, kampuchean, chinese, east indian, malay, malayan, hindoo, hindu, hindustani, hmong, miao, indonesian, irani, iranian, persian, iraki, iraqi, israelite, israeli, japanese, nipponese, jordanian, korean, kurd, kuwaiti, lao, laotian, lebanese, malaysian, maldivan, maldivian, nepalese, nepali, pakistani, parthian, singhalese, sinhalese, sherpa, syrian, taiwanese, tadzhik, tajik, siamese, tai, thai, tibetan, turki, kazakhstani, annamese, vietnamese, singaporean, sri lankan, dardan, dardanian, trojan, iberian, mongoloid, timorese
Derived form adjective asiatic₁

   asiatic(a = adj.pert) asian - of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture; "Asian countries"
Derived forms noun asia₂, noun asia₁, noun asiatic₁

   Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants. [1913 Webster]

asiatic, n. & adj.
--n. offens. an Asian.
--adj. Asian.

Etymology:
L Asiaticus f. Gk Asiatikos

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