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thuggees

thuggees is the plural 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: Thuggees

Thuggees

  1. (plural) plural of Thuggee

Questions about thuggees

What is thuggees the plural of?
Thuggees is the plural of thuggee.
What part of speech is thuggees?
Thuggees is a noun.

Words near thuggees in the dictionary

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

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