mongoloid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the Mongoloid race
  2. noun a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense)
  3. adjective characteristic of or resembling a Mongol
    • the mongoloid epicanthic fold
  4. adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia
  5. adjective of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome;

WordNet

Mon"go*loid adjective
Etymology
Mongol + -oid.
Definitions
  1. Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the Mongols. Huxley.
  2. (Offensive) of, related to, or affected with, Down's syndrome.also n.

Webster 1913