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ghazies

ghazies is the plural of ghazi.

Meaning of ghazi

Noun

ghazi (plural ghazis or ghazies)

  1. A Muslim warrior who fights in war against non-Muslims, especially one who has won renown as a martial champion; often used as a title.
    • I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines.1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […])...

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Questions about ghazies

What is ghazies the plural of?
Ghazies is the plural of ghazi.

Words near ghazies in the dictionary

  1. ghazeeyehs
  2. ghazel
  3. ghazels
  4. ghazi
  5. Ghaziabad
  6. ghazies
  7. Ghazipur
  8. ghazis
  9. ghazism
  10. Ghaznavid
  11. Ghaznavids

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