Khatrin.
/ˈkatriː//ˈkʌtriː/ A member of the second or military caste among the Hindus (cf. Kshatriya n.).
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society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > member of warrior caste or race
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man > of other foreign countries > member of noble or military caste
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Khatri1630
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Singh1851
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1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects i. 5 And because Cuttery was of a Martiall temper, God gaue him power to sway kingdomes with the Scepter.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 52 The Cutteries..being men of War they scruple not to shed blood, eat flesh, and..are for the most part called Rajaes or great men.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 193 Opium is frequently eaten in great quantities by the Rashpoots, Queteries, and Patans.
1723 R. Millar Hist. Propagation Christianity II. vii. 208 The Katris are degenerate into Merchants.
1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 36/1 Another letter came to me with a peon and kittree, from Roopnarrain Chowdree.
1814 W. Brown Hist. Propagation Christianity II. 170 The Hindoos were originally divided into 4 casts or tribes; the Brahmin, the Ketra, the Bice, and the Sooder.
1885 Panjab Notes & Queries II. 75/1 These ceremonies are observed by Bráhmans, Khatris, and Baises.
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