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Definition of Rajpoot
1. Noun. A member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India.
Definition of Rajpoot
1. n. A Hindoo of the second, or royal and military, caste; a Kshatriya; especially, an inhabitant of the country of Rajpootana, in northern central India.
Definition of Rajpoot
1. Noun. (dated form of Rajput) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rajpoot
Literary usage of Rajpoot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hindu Tribes and Castes by Matthew Atmore Sherring (1872)
"THIS is the second of the great Hindu castes, and is called Kshatriya and rajpoot
almost indiscriminately. A distinction is sometimes drawn between these ..."
2. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1876)
"Marries a rajpoot queen. as atonements for sin; if therefore the Sultan has been
guilty of murder, his charities have expiated the crime.42 When Ala-ud-dfn. ..."
3. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"The Story of the Faithful rajpoot " I will tell you the tale," said the King,
... I cannot entertain you,' rejoined his Majesty; and thereupon the rajpoot ..."
4. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"The devotions of the rajpoot are »till paid to his arms, as to his horse.
He swear* ' by the steel,' and prostrates himself before hi* defensive buckler, ..."
5. The American Quarterly Review by Robert Walsh (1835)
"In the former volume, one of the rajpoot nations had been selected, ... to the
creed of a true rajpoot to attack an enemy who dares not confront him. ..."
6. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations, with ...by John William Kaye, Meadows Taylor, Great Britain India Office by John William Kaye, Meadows Taylor, Great Britain India Office (1868)
"( -Ч 25 ) Г МНЕ two individuals depicted in these Illustrations are of the rajpoot
tribe, of JL which a full account will be found under No. 119. ..."
7. The Administration of the East India Company: A History of Indian Progress by John William Kaye (1853)
"A sagacious rajpoot arguing the question with us, might, perhaps, point triumphantly
to the circumstances which engender the crime in England, ..."
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