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Hindoo
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Hindoo has 2 senses
- hindoo(n = noun.person) hindu, hindustani - a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India; Array is a member of hindustan
- hindoo(n = noun.person) hindu - a person who adheres to Hinduism; Array is a member of hindooism, hinduism
is a kind of asian, asiatic
has particulars: brahman, brahmin, kshatriya, rajpoot, rajput, shudra, sudra, vaisya
Derived form adjective hindoo1
is a kind of religious person
has particulars: swami, chela, hare krishna, shaktist, shivaist, vaishnava, saddhu, sadhu, sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi
Derived form adjective hindoo1
Adjective Hindoo has 1 sense
- hindoo(a = adj.pert) hindi, hindu - of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu faith" Derived forms noun hindoo2, noun hindoo1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Hindoo, n. [Per. Hindū, fr. Hind, Hindūstān, India. Cf. Indian.].
A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.
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