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Hindoo

American  
[hin-doo] / ˈhɪn du /

noun

Hindoos plural
  1. Hindu.


Hindoo British  
/ ˈhɪnduː, hɪnˈduː, ˈhɪndʊˌɪzəm /

noun

  1. an older spelling of Hindu

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As he wrote about the 1777 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, it contained "within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mohametan, the Hindoo and Infidel of every denomination."

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2023

Evelyn Waugh called Hindoo Holiday “radiantly delightful” and its accuracy of human perception “intoxicating”.

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2020

I thought JR Ackerley’s Hindoo Holiday was the most enjoyable book I’d ever read when I discovered it belatedly 10 years ago, and it seems to me even better now.

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2020

In reaction to British diatribes about "Hindoo immorality" a new generation of British-educated Hindu reformers began critically to re-examine their own traditions.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2014

The great obstacle to its overthrow was a social one, and grew out of the extreme anxiety of Hindoo parents for the marriage of their children.

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

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