angrez
/ʌŋˈreɪz
/Indian informal
noun (plural same)
An English person.Those days not many got an opportunity to travel abroad to play and if success was achieved, however moderate, on the circuit it was cherished like a badge of honour, treasured as titles bestowed on friendly princes by the angrez.
adjective
English: the pukka angrez sahib...
- If Hindi was what sold, ruled Rupert Murdoch then, let STAR News go all-Hindi - India's British angrezi tradition be damned!
- So when Grammy-winning artist Steven Curtis Chapman follows with Rembering You apart from being a bit pacier, the only difference seems to be the angrezi lyrics.
- The Britishers left behind for us an angrezi hang-up, but many of us did not know that they carried back our spicy tongues in return.
Origin
Hindi, 'Englishman'.
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