Pathan
an Afghan dwelling in India.
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How to use Pathan in a sentence
One of my Lahore friends is the daughter of a high-ranking officer in the Frontier Corps who is Pathan.
After that isle is another large isle, called Pathan, which is a great kingdom, full of fair cities and towns.
Early Travels in Palestine | Arculf et al.Kim, regarded as Mahbub Ali's favourite by all who wished to stand well with the Pathan, was not called upon to work.
Kim | Rudyard KiplingMahbub's hand shot into his bosom, for to call a Pathan a 'black man' (kala admi) is a blood-insult.
Kim | Rudyard KiplingBeyond the observatory was an old Pathan mosque, in which was placed an Infantry piquet with two field-guns.
Forty-one years in India | Frederick Sleigh Roberts
Loyalty of our Pathan soldiers There had been no fighting for some days, and most of the wounded had been removed.
Forty-one years in India | Frederick Sleigh Roberts
British Dictionary definitions for Pathan
/ (pəˈtɑːn) /
a member of the Pashto-speaking people of Afghanistan, NW Pakistan, and elsewhere, most of whom are Muslim in religion
Origin of Pathan
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