Meanings
nounFeringhee (plural Feringhees or Feringhee)
plural Feringhees
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of firangi.
[Villager, English Captions]: God knows what these Feringhees are playing.
2001, Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, Ashutosh Gowariker, et al.1 more example
The thing stands thus, Sahib, and I tell it to you because I know that an oath is binding upon a Feringhee, and that we may trust you.
1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Strange Story of Jonathan Small”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 242
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