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Bengalese

[ ben-guh-leez, -lees, beng- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Bengal; Bengali.


noun

, plural Ben·ga·lese.
  1. a native or inhabitant of Bengal; Bengali.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bengalese1

First recorded in 1770–80; Bengal + -ese
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Example Sentences

I rush from the boat races to the Rugby field and from there to a date with a Bengalese beauty who lectures on Wordsworth.

Their only arms are spears: but they use iron-shod implements of agriculture, which the Bengalese often do not.

The material is cotton of their own growth, and they are better clothed than the mass of the Bengalese.

A Bengalese army marched upon and captured the town, taking prisoner all the English who had not escaped to their ships.

Vina, the principal national instrument of the Hindus, also known as the Bengalese vina, strung with wire.

All these things were duly repeated to the revolutionary government by Louis Zamore, her Bengalese servant.

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