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Definition of Mahratta
1. Noun. A member of a people of India living in Maharashtra.
Definition of Mahratta
1. n. One of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of India. Also, the language of the Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closely allied to Sanskrit.
Definition of Mahratta
1. Noun. (alternative form of Maratha) ¹
2. Proper noun. (alternative form of Maratha) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mahratta
Literary usage of Mahratta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"This treaty, as might have been expected, gave great offence to the other mahratta
chiefs, who saw that the system of subsidiary alliances with the British ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"There are indeed many mahratta chiefs still resident in the country, members of
the aristocracy which formerly enjoyed much more wealth and power than at ..."
3. The History of British India by James Mill (1817)
"Another was formed - ty those who stood in the circumstances of the Nizam, the
Peshwa, and other ferent classes mahratta powers. of tlm Indian ..."
4. Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"The mahratta Carnatic comprised the southern region which had been conquered by
Sivaji the mahratta; it included the French settlement at Pondicherry. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"By the end of the more a congress of petty chieftaincies. eighteenth century the
mahratta confederacy had Afghanistan, who gradually took possession of the ..."
6. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds, Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1863)
"Whereas differences have arisen amongst the Chiefs of the mahratta State, and
the Government of Bombay having taken a part therein by sending forces into ..."
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