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Hindoo

Hindoo noun: any subject regarding to Mughal Empire. Also the alternative spelling of Hindu.

Noun

Hindoo (plural Hindoos)

  1. (obsolete) Any subject regarding to Mughal Empire.
    • Having made Calcutta the capital of their dominions, the English distinguished this city by such peculiar marks of favour, as a free people would be expected to bestow, in establishing an English Court of Judicature, and granting to all within its jurisdiction, the same civil rights as every Briton...1825, THE ORIENTAL HERALD, AND JOURNAL OF GENERAL LITERATURE (April to June), volume V, page 503

Also used as

Hindoo is also the alternative spelling of Hindu.

Hindoo is also the archaic spelling of Hindu.

Forms of Hindoo

pluralHindoos

Phrases with Hindoo

Questions about Hindoo

What does Hindoo mean?
Hindoo means any subject regarding to Mughal Empire.
What part of speech is Hindoo?
Hindoo is a noun.
What is the plural of Hindoo?
The plural of Hindoo is Hindoos.

Words near Hindoo in the dictionary

  1. hindmost
  2. hindneck
  3. hindnecks
  4. Hindology
  5. Hindolveston
  6. Hindoo
  7. Hindoo Coosh
  8. Hindoo-Kho
  9. Hindoo-Koosh
  10. Hindoo-Kush
  11. Hindooism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hindoo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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