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Definition of East indian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or located in the East Indies.
2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of the East Indies.
Definition of East indian
1. n. A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.
Definition of East indian
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the people, products, or culture of Southeast Asia, particularly the Malay Archipelago, Sri Lanka, or India. ¹
2. Proper noun. A native or inhabitant of the Malay Archipelago, Sri Lanka, or India. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of East Indian
Literary usage of East indian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1824)
"On the 3rd of March, a petition was presented to the Commons from a great body
of merchants, agents and ship-owners interested in the East-Indian trade, ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"DEEP-SEA EXPLORATION OF THE east indian ARCHIPELAGO. THF. Dutch Government has
placed at the service of the scientific mea of Holland the newly built ..."
3. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"In 1838 he received an appointment in the medical staff of the east indian army,
and left for Batavia. Here an immense field was soon opened to his activity ..."
4. America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive by James Silk Buckingham (1841)
"English and east indian Acquaintances.—Sensitiveness of Americans.—House and
Grounds of Mr. Greig.—Tablet to Patrick Colquhoun.—Removing Houses on Rollers. ..."