noun
Caucasoid
Anthropological term for the racial classification commonly referred to as 'Caucasian' in everyday English. In Japanese, it is a technical term and less common than 白人 (はくじん) for general use.
コーカソイドは、人類学で用いられる人種分類の一つです。
Caucasoid is one of the racial classifications used in anthropology.
白人 is the common, everyday term for 'white person' or 'Caucasian', while コーカソイド is a technical anthropological term rarely used in daily conversation.
Borrowed from English 'Caucasoid', which itself derives from 'Caucasian' and ultimately from the Caucasus region.