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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Oriental

/(ō`rĭ*ĕn"tal)/ · O·ri·en·tal · IPA /ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/
01 a. Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries.
    “The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations.” — Sir T. Browne.
02 n. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.
  1. 1.
    A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.
  2. 2.
    Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.(Eccl.)