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dot Indian

dot Indian noun: an Indian; a person from India.

Noun

dot Indian (plural dot Indians)

  1. (informal) An Indian; a person from India.
    • MY FIRST TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT and I got stuck behind a family of Indians (Not scalpers, but dot Indians).2012, Jesse C. Holder, Chutes, Beer, & Bullets: Not Your Grandpa's War Story, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 17
    • It was no surprise that the doctor proved to be a dot Indian (as opposed to feather Indian, a Native American).2005, Reynolds Price, The Good Priest's Son, Scribner Book Company

Forms of dot Indian

pluraldot Indians

Origin of dot Indian

A reference to the bindi. See also dot or feather.

Questions about dot Indian

What does dot Indian mean?
Dot Indian means an Indian; a person from India.
What part of speech is dot Indian?
Dot Indian is a noun.
What is the plural of dot Indian?
The plural of dot Indian is dot Indians.

Words near dot Indian in the dictionary

  1. dot crawl
  2. dot dot dot
  3. dot dot dots
  4. dot dot slash
  5. dot down
  6. dot Indian
  7. dot Indians
  8. dot matrices
  9. dot matrix
  10. dot matrix printer
  11. dot matrix printers

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