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Hindus

Hindus is the plural of Hindu.

Meaning of Hindu

Noun

Hindu (plural Hindus)

  1. A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).
    • Hindu American organizations, including the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus in North America, advocated for the law.2025 October 7, Deepa Bharath, “California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday”, in KCRA
    Synonyms:
    Sanatani, Sanatanist, bhakt
  2. (dated) Any native inhabitant of Hindustan.
  3. (obsolete, North-West Frontier Province of British India) A bunnia (merchant or trader) with a company of soldiers.
  4. (dated) A person of Indian religion and race.

See all 5 meanings of Hindu

Questions about Hindus

What is Hindus the plural of?
Hindus is the plural of Hindu.

Words near Hindus in the dictionary

  1. Hinduphobe
  2. Hinduphobes
  3. Hinduphobia
  4. Hinduphobic
  5. Hinduphobics
  6. Hindus
  7. Hindustan
  8. Hindustane
  9. Hindustanee
  10. Hindustanees
  11. Hindustanes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hindus (page history and authors); Hindu (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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