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thuggee

UK/θʌˈɡiː/

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India/ʈʰʌ.ɡiː/

thuggee noun: a thug (a member of band of assassins in India).

Noun (1)

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 (2) capitalized: Thuggee

Thuggee (plural Thuggees)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of thuggee

Forms of thuggee

pluralthuggees
alternative formthagi
alternative formthuggi
alternative formthugi
alternative formThuggee
alternative formThugee
alternative formthugee
pluralThuggees

Origin of thuggee

Borrowed from Hindustani ठगी (ṭhagī) / ٹھگی (ṭhagī).

Questions about thuggee

What does thuggee mean?
Thuggee means a thug (a member of band of assassins in India).
What part of speech is thuggee?
Thuggee is a noun.
How do you pronounce thuggee?
Thuggee is pronounced /θʌˈɡiː/ (UK).
What is the plural of thuggee?
The plural of thuggee is thuggees.

Words near thuggee in the dictionary

  1. thugette
  2. thugettes
  3. thugged
  4. thugged it out
  5. thugged out
  6. thuggee
  7. thuggeeism
  8. thuggees
  9. thuggeries
  10. thuggery
  11. thuggess

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