<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Usually Oriental.</li><li>Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Orient or the East, typically East Asia; Eastern: The living room had a gorgeous Oriental rug.</li><li>In the late 1950s, the university began offering degrees in Oriental philosophy.</li><li>Older Use: Often Disparaging and Offensive. (Of a person or group of people) being from the East, typically East Asia; Asian.</li><li>Of the orient, or the eastern region of the world or heavens: stars in the oriental sky.</li><li>Oriental countries; stars in the oriental sky.</li><li>Oriental, Zoogeography. Belonging to a geographical division comprising southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as and including the Philippines, Borneo, and Java: This genera has twelve Oriental species, and two Australian ones.</li><li>Also Oriental.</li><li>Jewelry. Designating various gems that are varieties of corundum: oriental aquamarine; oriental ruby.</li><li>Fine or precious; orient: oriental agate; oriental garnet.</li><li>Designating certain natural saltwater pearls found especially in Asia.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Usually Oriental. Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. A native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.</li></ul>