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Noun
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, 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
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.
1829, ENCYCLOPAEDIA AMERICANA, page 506:After more than once recovering his fortunes, when they seemed to be almost desperate, he invaded Hindostan, and, in 1525, overthrew and killed sultan Ibrahim, the last Hindoo emperor of the Patan or Afghan race.
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