·noun A native or inhabitant of India.
II. Indian ·adj Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like.
III. Indian ·adj Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
IV. Indian ·adj Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
V. Indian ·noun One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America;
— so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India.