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‖ Phansigar|ˈp(h)aːnsigaːr| [Hindī phānsigār strangler, noose-man, f. phānsi noose.] An East Indian professional robber and assassin, one of a gang who strangled and robbed travellers and others; a thug.
1813J. Forbes Orient. Mem. IV. xxxvii. 13 A tribe called phanseegurs, or stranglers. 1841C. Mackay Mem. Pop. Delusions I. 371 Murderers, who, under the name of Thugs, or Phansigars, have so long been the scourge of India. |