Definition of indian

• a. - Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
• a. - Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
• a. - Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like.
• n. - A native or inhabitant of India.
• n. - One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India.