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Webster 1913 Edition


Xanthochroi

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Xan-thoch′ro-i

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Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Xanthochroic
.]
(Ethnol.)
A division of the Caucasian races, comprising the lighter-colored members.
The
Xanthochroi
, or fair whites, . . . are the prevalent inhabitants of Northern Europe, and the type may be traced into North Africa, and eastward as far as Hindostan.
Tylor.