firangi

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1. BritishIndiaSouth AsiaA foreigner, especially a British or a white person.

   The neighbouring men had all come to see the firangi, the foreign woman, [...]

   2004, Christina Lamb, The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan, page 252

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   Prem, who knew him slightly from Dehra Dun (where Dhillon had been his junior), remembers Dhillon cheerfully telling everyone that the firangi were glad to have Indians patrolling their wire. This Prem doubted.

   1995, Peter Ward Fay, The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945, page 109

   Then Kashibayi cleared her throat and told him, "Maharaj, our Babasaheb Sarkar was a very patriotic king who fought against the firangi fellows. He was betrayed by his own people who were shamelessly treacherous."

   2001, Basavaraj Naikar, The Sun Behind the Cloud, page 239

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of firangi.

   We watched the Firangi as they struggled through the pass, their hands frozen and fingers unable to load their heavy muskets.

   2007, Feryal Ali Gauhar, No Space for Further Burials, page 99

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   ‘There is no higher feature this side of the river than your house. You could be the first to notice the Firangi army when it nears Kalinadi.’

   1996, Keki N. Daruwalla, “The Day of the Winter Solstice”, in The Minister for Permanent Unrest & other stories, page 126