Hindoo

Hin·doo  (hnd)

n. & adj. Archaic

Variant of Hindu.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Hindoo - a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India Hindu, Hindustani Hindustan - northern region of India where Hinduism predominates Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia brahman, brahmin - a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally all brahmans were priests" Kshatriya - a member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste Rajpoot, Rajput - a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India Shudra, Sudra - a member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste Vaisya - a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes
	2.	Hindoo - a person who adheres to Hinduism Hindu Hindooism, Hinduism - the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity swami - a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect chela - a Hindu disciple of a swami Hare Krishna - worshipper of Krishna and member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Shaktist - worshipper of Shakti Shivaist - worshipper of Shiva Vaishnava - worshipper of Vishnu saddhu, sadhu - (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi - a Hindu religious mendicant
Adj.	1.	Hindoo - of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu faith" Hindi, Hindu