Madrasis

Noun

Madrasi (plural Madrasis)

1. (dated) A native or resident of Chennai in India.
   • Runga Charlu was subjected to grave accusations in Mysore as he had the misfortune to be a Madrasi.1896, G. Paramaswaran Pillai, Representative Men of Southern India, Introduction, p. vii

   Synonyms:

   Chennaiite

2. (broadly) A native of South India; a person of South Indian extraction (exonym; often considered offensive).
   • When the hardships of a Madrassi are complained of, we are told that a Panjabi is well off: that the taxation “on an average” is only so-and-so, Northern India being more lightly taxed than Southern.1916, Annie Besant, chapter 2, in India a Nation: A Plea for Indian Self-Government, London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, page 40
3. A fairy chess rule where a piece that is attacked by a piece of the same type is paralyzed, rendering it unable to move.

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