HINDU
NOUNS – PERSON
► BIT OF GREASE a stout and smiling Hindu woman: not derogatory → 1909 Anglo-Indian military sl. (Bk.)
► GENTILE a Hindu, as distinguished from a Muslim → 1555 obs.
► GENTOO a non-Muslim inhabitant of Hindustan, opposed to Mohammedan; a Hindu; in South India, one speaking Telugu → 1638 obs.
► HINDU an Aryan of Northern India (Hindustan), who retains the native religion (Hinduism), as distinguished from those who have embraced Mohammedanism; hence, anyone who professes Hinduism; applied by Europeans in a wider sense, in accordance with the wider application of Hindustan → 1655
► RAG-HEAD a Hindu → 1920s US sl., derogatory
► RAMASAMMY ► RAMSAMMY any Hindu, esp. Indian coolies → L19 sl., orig. Indian Army
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