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Mon⋅gol

  [mong-guhl, -gohl, mon-]
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–noun
1. a member of a pastoral people now living chiefly in Mongolia.
2. a person having Mongoloid characteristics.
3. any Mongolian language.
4. (often lowercase) Pathology. (no longer in technical use) a person affected with Down syndrome; Mongoloid.
–adjective
5. Mongolian.
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Mon·gol   (mŏng'gəl, -gōl', mŏn'-)   
n.  

  1. A member of any of the traditionally nomadic peoples of Mongolia.

  2. See Mongolian.

  3. Anthropology A member of the Mongoloid racial division.

adj.  

  1. Of or relating to Mongolia, the Mongols, or their language or culture.

  2. Anthropology Of or relating to the Mongoloid racial division.


[Mongolian Moṅgol.]
Mon·go·li·an   (mŏng-gō'lē-ən, -gōl'yən, mŏn-)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to Mongolia, the Mongols, or their language or culture.

  2. also mongolian Offensive Of or relating to Down syndrome.

n.  

  1. A native or inhabitant of Mongolia.

  2. A member of the Mongol people.

  3. Anthropology A member of the Mongoloid racial division.

    1. A subfamily of the Altaic language family, Mongolian and Kalmyk being the most important members.

    2. Any of the various spoken and written dialects and languages of the Mongols living in Mongolia and China. Also called Mongol.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

Mongol 
1738, native name, said to be from mong "brave." Mongolian as a classification for "the Asiatic race" is from 1868; mongoloid is 1899 for the genetic defect causing mental retardation (see Down's Syndrome), from Mongol + Gk. -oeides "like, resembling." Such people were called Mongolian from 1866.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: Mon·gol
Pronunciation: 'mä[ng]-g&l; 'män-"gOl, 'mä[ng]-
Function: noun
1 : a person of Mongoloid racial stock
2 often not capitalized : one affected with Down syndrome
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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