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thugee

thugee is the alternative form of thuggee.

Meaning of thuggee

Noun

thuggee (countable and uncountable, plural thuggees)

  1. (countable, historical) A thug (a member of band of assassins in India).
  2. (historical, uncountable) The murder and robbery of groups of travellers in India.
    • ‘In India, where everything began, this kind of human activity, obscene in itself, was undertaken on behalf of a goddess, called, I think, Kali; the murder was an act of so-called thugee, I was told.’1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1070

Noun capitalized: Thugee

Thugee (countable and uncountable, plural Thugees)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of thuggee.

Forms of thugee

pluralthugees
pluralThugees

Questions about thugee

What is thugee the alternative form of?
Thugee is the alternative form of thuggee.
What part of speech is thugee?
Thugee is a noun.
What is the plural of thugee?
The plural of thugee is thugees.

Words near thugee in the dictionary

  1. thug it out
  2. thug life
  3. thug lives
  4. thugdom
  5. thugduggery
  6. thugee
  7. thugees
  8. thugess
  9. thugesses
  10. thugette
  11. thugettes

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