honorary Aryan

English

Noun

honorary Aryan (plural honorary Aryans)

1. (historical) A title accorded to the Japanese and some other people by Nazi Germany. Although of a different race, they were considered by the Nazis to possess qualities similar enough to German Nordic characteristics to warrant the designation.

Translations

person who was Aryan only informally, according to the Nazis

• Finnish: kunnia-arjalainen (fi)
• German: Ehrenarier m