Sikh
[sik]
Definition
(noun.) an adherent of Sikhism.
(adj.) of or relating to the Sikhs or their religious beliefs and customs .
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Definition
n. one of a religious sect of northern India which became a great military confederacy—founded by Baba N醤ak (born 1469).—n. Sikh′ism.
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Examples
- We were shut up in Bhurtee, the regiment of us with half a battery of artillery, a company of Sikhs, and a lot of civilians and women-folk. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Sikhs, the Gurkhas, the Punjab troops stuck to the British. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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