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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun oriental has 1 sense
- oriental(n = noun.person) oriental person - a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans); Array is a kind of asian, asiatic
is a member of mongolian race, mongoloid race, yellow race
has particulars: yellow man, yellow woman, gook, slant-eye, evenki, ewenki, mongol, mongolian
Derived form adjective oriental1
Adjective oriental has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
oriental, a. [L. orientalis: cf. F. oriental.].
Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental ; as, Oriental countries. [1913 Webster]
"The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations."
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oriental, n.
- A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic. [1913 Webster]
- Eastern Christians of the Greek rite. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
oriental, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (often Oriental) a of or characteristic of Eastern civilization etc. b of or concerning the East, esp. E. Asia.
2 (of a pearl etc.) orient.
--n. (esp. Oriental) a native of the Orient.
--adj.
1 (often Oriental) a of or characteristic of Eastern civilization etc. b of or concerning the East, esp. E. Asia.
2 (of a pearl etc.) orient.
--n. (esp. Oriental) a native of the Orient.
Derivative
orientalism n. orientalist n. orientalize v.intr. & tr. (also -ise). orientally adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF oriental or L orientalis (as ORIENT)
THESAURUS
oriental
American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, boy, brown man, burrhead, colored person, coon, darky, gook, honky, jigaboo, jungle bunny, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pygmy, red man, redskin, slant-eye, spade, the Man, white, white man, whitey, yellow manROGET THESAURUS
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Jewelry
N jewel, jewelry, jewellery, bijoutry, bijou, bijouterie, trinket, fine jewelry, costume jewelry, junk jewelry, gem, gemstone, precious stone, necklace, bracelet, anklet, earring, locket, pendant, charm bracelet, ring, pinky ring, carcanet, chain, chatelaine, broach, pin, lapel pin, torque, diamond, brilliant, rock, beryl, emerald, chalcedony, agate, heliotrope, girasol, girasole, onyx, plasma, sard, sardonyx, garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, peridot, tourmaline, chrysolite, sapphire, ruby, synthetic ruby, spinel, spinelle, balais, oriental, oriental topaz, turquois, turquoise, zircon, cubic zirconia, jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst, alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone, pearl, cultured pearl, fresh-water pearl, mother of pearl, coral, jeweler, gemologist, minerologist, lapidary, lapidarian, gemology, gemmology, minerology, bejeweled, diamond, (gemstones), gemological.Laterality
N laterality, side, flank, quarter, lee, hand, cheek, jowl, jole, wing, profile, temple, parietes, loin, haunch, hip, beam, gable, gable end, broadside, lee side, points of the compass, East, Orient, Levant, West, orientation, lateral, sidelong, collateral, parietal, flanking, skirting, flanked, sideling, many sided, multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral, Eastern, orient, oriental, Levantine, Western, occidental, Hesperian, sideways, sidelong, broadside on, on one side, abreast, alongside, beside, aside, by the side of, side by side, cheek by jowl, to windward, to leeward, laterally, right and left, on her beam ends, his cheek the may of days outworn.
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