单词 | mahsud |
释义 | Mahsudn.adj. A member of a Pathan people on the north-west frontier of Pakistan, noted historically for their fierce opposition to the British in that region. Also as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [noun] > other peoples of India > person Jat1622 Maratha1744 Moplah1787 Mleccha1793 Gurkha1811 Swati1815 Naga1835 Manipuri1837 Malayali1856 Ho1860 Mahsud1873 Adivasi1941 1873 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) V. at Wazira The Wazeeri are divided into three great divisions, or Usman kheyl, Ahmedzye, and Mahsood. 1882 H. B. Rowney Wild Tribes India ii. i. 120 The Wuzeerás...are a bold and ferocious people... The principal tribal divisions among them are: the Máhsuds, Áhmedzyes, Othmánzyes, and Bithunnees. 1895 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 79 The Mahsud headmen solemnly bound themselves to renounce looting the Powindah caravans. 1898 H. W. Mills Pathan Revolt N.-W. India (ed. 3) iv. 22 Even after the Mahsuds had attacked Wano, Waziristan was not permanently occupied. 1909 Daily Chron. 2 June 1/7 The Mahsuds, who have been causing trouble on the Indian frontier, are said to have secured 10,000 rifles. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 445/1 You take the road to Mahsudland. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 457/2 The half-veiled, unfriendly, grey Mahsud hills. 1957 R. Hilton N.-W. Frontier x. 133 The 20th Punjabis..hustled the mob of Mahsuds out of the camp at the points of their bayonets. 1963 Listener 10 Jan. 96/2 A column was out against refractory Mahsuds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1873 |
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