Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of any of several powerful Hindu landowning and military lineages inhabiting northern and central India.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A member of a Hindu race, divided into numerous clans, who regard themselves as descendants of the ancient Kshatriya or warrior caste.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A member of the Kshatriya Hindu caste
  • noun An inhabitant of Rajasthan
  • noun Any of an ethnic group in Pakistan and Northern India who converted to Sikhism or Islam as a result of the Sikh Wars

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hindi rājpūt, from Sanskrit rājaputraḥ, king's son : rājā, king; see raja + putraḥ, son.]

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Examples

  • That was a mistake, for it called the Rajput's attention to what had been happening to his prisoner.

    The Eye of Zeitoon Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

  • That was a mistake, for it called the Rajput's attention to what had been happening to his prisoner.

    The Eye of Zeitoon Talbot Mundy 1909

  • He was a Rangar, -- which is to say a Rajput who, or whose ancestors had turned Muhammadan.

    In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010

  • Monty strode toward Rustum Khan; the Rajput was the first to speak.

    The Eye of Zeitoon Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

  • Monty strode toward Rustum Khan; the Rajput was the first to speak.

    The Eye of Zeitoon Talbot Mundy 1909

  • He was a Rangar, -- which is to say a Rajput who, or whose ancestors had turned Muhammadan.

    King of the Khyber Rifles Talbot Mundy 1909

  • The old name of Kshatriya is still commonly used in the Hindi form Chhatri, but the designation Rajput, or son of a king, has now superseded it as the standard name of the caste.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

  • He is a Rajput, which is the aristocracy of the Mahrattas.

    Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Oliver Optic 1859

  • Police say Monica's brother and a cousin committed the murders because Monica's family belongs to the Gujjar caste while Kuldeep was a Rajput, which is considered higher in the caste system.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

  • Police say Monica's brother and a cousin committed the murders because Monica's family belongs to the Gujjar caste while Kuldeep was a Rajput, which is considered higher in the caste system.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

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