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n. - A member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European; (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew) adj. - Of or relating to the former Indo-European people.

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  • Historical reasons, chiefly in connexion with Sanskrit, are brings the term Aryan (or Aryas) into fashion.
  • The Nazis were afraid burning it would damage what they called Aryan houses next door.
  • These languages, again, form a compact family, and differ entirely from the other family, which we called Aryan or Indo-European.
  • Is this dynamic duo going to tour with those twin Aryan folk singers everyone was so upset over a couple of weeks ago?
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