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Rajput

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Raj·put also Raj·poot  (räjpt)
n.
A member of any of several powerful Hindu landowning and military lineages inhabiting northern and central India.
[Hindi rjpt, from Sanskrit rjaputra, king's son : rj, king; see rajah + putra, son.]
Rajput, Rajpoot [ˈrɑːdʒpʊt]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) Hinduism one of a Hindu military caste claiming descent from the Kshatriya, the original warrior caste
[from Hindi, from Sanskrit rājan king; see raj]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.RajputRajput - a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India
Rajpoot
Hindoo, Hindu, Hindustani - a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India


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Then Purun Bhagat smiled, for he remembered that his mother was of Rajput Brahmin birth, from Kulu way--a Hill-woman, always home-sick for the snows--and that the least touch of Hill blood draws a man in the end back to where he belongs.
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