Asian /ˈeɪʒən/adjective 1noun 4forms 1 adjective1 •from Asia, or connected with the countries of that part of the world and the people who live thereThere are white, black, Asian and Chinese Britons, just as there are any number of different sorts of Americans. — 2015 noun4 •A person from the continent of Asia, or a descendant thereof. •(US, Australia) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia. •(UK, South-Africa) A person from or with ancestry in South Asia.If radio and television programmes are anything to go by, Asians in Britain get up early on a Sunday. — 1987 •A domestic cat of a breed similar to the Burmese. formsAsians
