Rajput
[rɑ:dʒpjt]
Definition
(noun.) a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India.
Typist: Shelley--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A Hindoo of the second, or royal and military, caste; a Kshatriya; especially, an inhabitant of the country of Rajpootana, in northern central India.
Checker: Nathan
Examples
- In Rajputana also the rule of Islam was replaced by Brahminism, and at Bhurtpur and Jaipur there ruled powerful Rajput princes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some of the chief Rajput clans of to-day in Rajputana in North India are descended, it is said, from these White Huns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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