Hindoo
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Hindoo (plural Hindoos)
- (dated, often derogatory) Hindu
- 1856, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 80, page 237:
- Our early popular ideas of the mildness and effeminacy of the Hindoos were derived from the Bengalees, and are by no means characteristic of the general population of India.
- 1901 December 6, “Gleanings”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1], volume 20, page 632:
- After a week's trial at 4d. per ton his men struck, saying that the work was not fit for white men, although there were 19 whites employed for the same work which 15 Hindoos were accomplishing.
Adjective
[edit]Hindoo (not comparable)
- (dated) Indians
- 1795, THE STOKES UNIVERSAL GAZETTEER, page HIN:
- There are brahmins of various degrees, who have the care of religion, or of the administration of the Gentoo law allotted to them. These priests are held sacred by the Indians or Hindoos.