Mongoloid
['mɑŋgə,lɔɪd]
Definition
(noun.) a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense).
(noun.) a member of the Mongoloid race.
(adj.) of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome; .
(adj.) of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia .
(adj.) characteristic of or resembling a Mongol; 'the mongoloid epicanthic fold' .
Typed by Justine--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the Mongols.
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Examples
- In North America a group of Mongoloid tribes were now cut off altogether from the old world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At first the only people encountered by the Spaniards in America were savages of a Mongoloid type. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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