Nubian

plural Nubians

1. A person from Nubia, variously intending
   1. informalA person from the region of Nubia in modern Egypt and Sudan or a descendant of such a person.
   2. historicalA person from any of the former states or provinces known as Nubia or a descendant of such a person.
   3. literaryinexactSynonym of person of color, any person with dark skin, particularly one from Africa.

      Synonyms: person of color, any person with dark skin, particularly one from Africa

   4. obsoleteinexactA black slave, particularly one from East Africa.
   5. obsoleteinexactAn Ethiopian Christian, particularly a Tewahedo Orthodox Christian.
2. An animal from Nubia, particularly
   1. abbreviationShort for Nubian goat or Anglo-Nubian goat.
   2. obsoleterareA horse from the region of Nubia or a descendant of such a horse.
3. obsoleterareA kind of black dress material.

comparative more Nubian · superlative most Nubian

1. Of or related to Nubia, its animals, or the Nubian people.
2. Of or related to the Nubian group of the Eastern Sudanic language family.
3. literarySynonym of African (“of or related to Africa or dark-skinned people of African descent”).

   Synonyms: African