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firangis

firangis is the plural of firangi.

Meaning of firangi

Noun

firangi (plural firangis or firangi)

  1. (British, India, South-Asia) A foreigner, especially a British or a white person.
    • Prem, who knew him slightly from Dehra Dun (where Dhillon had been his junior), remembers Dhillon cheerfully telling everyone that the firangi were glad to have Indians patrolling their wire. This Prem doubted.1995, Peter Ward Fay, The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945, page 109

Questions about firangis

What is firangis the plural of?
Firangis is the plural of firangi.

Words near firangis in the dictionary

  1. fir-cone
  2. fir-cones
  3. firable
  4. firagana
  5. firangi
  6. firangis
  7. Firbank
  8. Firbankian
  9. Firbeck
  10. Firbholg
  11. Firbolg

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