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non-Euroˈpean, a. and n.
[non- 3, 2.]
A. adj. Not European.
1907W. James Pragmatism v. 182 At this stage of philosophy all non-European men without exception have remained. 1923D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers 31 A set, stoic endurance, non-European. 1967Guardian 15 May 6/6 Another such Russian idea..is that all ‘non-European’ nuclear weapons should be banned from European soil and seas.
B. n. A person who is not European; esp. in South Africa: a non-white.
1926M. Nathan South Africa from Within viii. 166 According to this [sc. a 1921 census in British S. Africa], there were 1,519,488 Europeans.., and 5,409,092 non-Europeans. 1935A. M. Carr-Saunders in Huxley & Haddon We Europeans viii. 242 In the Union of South Africa there are under 2 million Europeans and about 6 million non-Europeans. 1939J. S. Marais Cape Coloured People p. vii, This book is..a study..of the relations between the Europeans and that group of non-Europeans with whom the former have been longest..in contact. 1958Ann. Reg. 1957 95 The so-called ‘open’ universities, Cape Town and the Witwatersrand, had a long tradition of admitting non-Europeans. 1970Cape Times 28 Oct. 18/2 (Advt.), Personal loans, for Europeans and non-Europeans. |