non-Indian

noun

non-In·​di·​an ˌnän-ˈin-dē-ən 

1

: a person who is not an American Indian

… commodities that Ojibwe sold or traded with non-Indians.

—Chantal Norrgard

2

: a person who is not a native or inhabitant of India

They argue that it is not possible for non-Indians to study India …

—Wendy Doniger

non-Indian adjective

… efforts to revitalize Pueblo textile arts with a view to … producing articles that would appeal to the non-Indian market.

—Kate P. Kent

In my new novel … I have major non-Indian characters, Americans as it happens, and that is bound to influence the way the book is perceived both in the United States and in India.

—Shashi Tharoor

Examples of non-Indian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some of the subjects, such Mohandas Gandhi and the poet Rabindranath Tagore, are familiar, whereas many others—seers, rulers, slaves, poets, artists, yogis, engineers, and entrepreneurs—will be new to most non-Indian readers. —Sunil Khilnani, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017

The document states that some Shasta women would strategically marry or cohabitate with non-Indian men who purchased parcels, with the women eventually gaining control of a significant portion of the land. —Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024

For Hopi, that includes existing uses, the same limited new uses as permitted for non-Indian parties and certain limited rights to participate with the Navajo Nation in new and enlarged reservoir projects on or adjacent to Hopi land. —Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2024

In its initial years, the tribe shared its gaming revenue with the Indian Community School and a non-Indian management company. —Cary Spivak, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024

Up to 35% of all Native children had been removed from their homes and 85% of them were sent to non-Indian homes before ICWA became law, according to the National Indian Child Welfare Association, known as NICWA. —Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2023

There are people in this world who would rather an Indian child be abused or killed in an Indian family than thrive in an adoptive, non-Indian one. —Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 June 2023

The Indian Child Welfare Act, known as ICWA, was enacted in 1978 to address the near-wholesale removals of Native children from their homes, a process that sent most of them to non-Indian adoptive families. —Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2023

The law was challenged by three non-Indian couples and three states, led by Texas. —Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 15 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined at sense 2