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noun
- Indian(def 1).
noun
- a person born in the United States.
noun
- A member of the indigenous peoples of North America
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of Native Americans or any of their languages
The descendants of the original inhabitants of North America and South America before the arrival of white settlers from Europe, also called Indians or American Indians. The term Native American is sometimes preferred over Indian because the latter is a misnomer that originated with Columbus, who mistook the inhabitants of America for the people of India. Both terms, however, are accepted.