1. A local geographic or global human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted physical characteristics. 2. the German race. 3. A genealogical line; a lineage. 4. Human beings considered as a group. 5. A population of organisms differing from others of the same species in the frequency of hereditary traits; a subspecies. 6. A breed or strain, as of domestic animals. 7. A distinguishing or characteristic quality, such as the flavor of a wine.
