Bhil
Americannoun
plural
Bhils,plural
BhilEtymology
Origin of Bhil
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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He had some presents, he said, for his sisters, the Bhil women, and he flung open the suitcases he had brought with him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every Bhil woman would get one, announced Tantia, if she would swear by Kaladev that she would never hide her face again.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Bhil men sat cross-legged and impassive; the Bhil women stared at the odhnis through the eyeholes in their cloaks.
From Time Magazine Archive
His latest good work: uncovering the Bhil ladies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along the mountains between Candeish and Jeypur come— Certain Bhil tribes.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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