From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oriental
adj 1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia;
"oriental civilization"
n 1: a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as
offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans) [syn:
Oriental, oriental person]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\ ([=o]`r[i^]*[e^]n"tal), a. [L.
orientalis: cf. F. oriental.]
Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned
with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as,
Oriental countries.
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The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. --Sir T.
Browne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part
of the world; an Asiatic.
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2. pl. (Eccl.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.
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