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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Hindoos | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hindoo \Hin"doo\, Hindu \Hin"du\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Hindoos}[or] {Hindus}. [Per. Hind[d4], fr. Hind, Hind[d4]st[be]n, 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. | |
