Oriental
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. Eastern; situated in the east; as oriental seas or countries.
2. Proceeding from the east; as the oriental radiations of the sun.
Oriental
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
A native or inhabitant of some eastern part of the world. We give the
appellation to the inhabitants of Asia from the
Hellespont and Mediterranean to Japan.
Oriental
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Of or pertaining to the
orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or
Orientalism; -- opposed to
occidental; as, Oriental countries.
Oriental
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. A native or inhabitant of the
Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.
2. Eastern Christians of the Greek
rite.
An eastern mode of speech; an
idiom of the eastern languages.
1. Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar to Oriental people.
2. Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history, literature, etc.
1. An inhabitant of the eastern parts of the world.
2. One versed in the eastern languages and literature.
1. An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental.
2. One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the Paris Congress of Orientalists.
The state of being oriental or eastern. [Not used.]
The quality or state of being oriental or eastern.
Orientalize
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
to render Oriental; to cause to
conform to Oriental manners or conditions.
