Definition of "Asian"

A person from the continent of Asia, or a descendant thereof.

1. (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, also International English on the Internet) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia.  examples

2. (UK, Ireland, South Africa) A person from or with ancestry in South Asia.  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • If radio and television programmes are anything to go by, Asians in Britain get up early on a Sunday.

     1987 May, Paul Oliver, “Movie Mahal: Indian cinema on ITV Channel 4”, in Popular Music, page 215

   • Were there Taliban beheading people? I didn't tell my parents, but I flinched if an Asian-looking man came close.

     2013, Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala

A domestic cat of a breed similar to the Burmese.  examples

Of, relating to or from Asia.  quotations  examples