videshiadj.
/vᵻˈdeɪʃi/, U.S. /vəˈdeɪʃi/ In India: foreign; coming from a country other than India. Cf. desi adj., Swadeshi n.
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1980 Times 25 Apr. 14/5 They place themselves outside the comfortable videshi group and begin making the signs of being a sannyasin monk.
1985 G. Richards Source-bk. Mod. Hinduism viii. 108 Don't be cowards; when you profess to be Swadeshi you must boycott videshi goods.
1988 Indian Bookworm's Jrnl. Autumn 3 It is not because we have some kind of a soft spot for videshi products; it's because so much that is swadeshi is of very poor quality.
2004 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 31 Dec. 22 I suspect the rickshaw wallahs continued laughing all day at the videshi girl who spoke only small Hindi.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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