/ ˈeəriən; NAmE ˈer-/ noun
1.
a member of the group of people that went to S Asia in around 1500 BC
2.
a person who spoke any of the languages of the Indo-European group
3.
(especially according to the ideas of the German Nazi party) a member of a Caucasian, not Jewish, race of people, especially one with fair hair and blue eyes
► Aryan adjective
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WORD ORIGIN
from Sanskrit ārya noble + -an .