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Hindoos

Hindoos is the plural of Hindoo.

Meaning of Hindoo

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

Questions about Hindoos

What is Hindoos the plural of?
Hindoos is the plural of Hindoo.

Words near Hindoos in the dictionary

  1. Hindoo Coosh
  2. Hindoo-Kho
  3. Hindoo-Koosh
  4. Hindoo-Kush
  5. Hindooism
  6. Hindoos
  7. Hindoostan
  8. Hindoostane
  9. Hindoostanee
  10. Hindoostanees
  11. Hindoostanes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hindoos (page history and authors); 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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