Jat

[jaht, jawt]

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noun

a member of an Indo-Aryan people living mainly in northwestern India. In early times they offered vigorous resistance to the Muslim invaders of India.

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Historical Examples

From this we conclude—hypothetically—that the Jat warriors were supplemented by other tribes.
Gipsy Life
George Smith
Why, they did it even to the twice-born Brahmans, let alone a Jat.
Strange Stories
Grant Allen
The Jat burst into a roar of laughter, stifled with apologies to the lama.
Kim
Rudyard Kipling
It was a tin box of opium pills among the rubbish of the Jat's bundle.
Kim
Rudyard Kipling
Though standing in the midst of a Jat neighbourhood, the fort was first garrisoned by Gujars, and took the name of Gujrat.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6
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British Dictionary definitions for jat

Jat

noun plural Jat or Jats

a member of an Indo-European people widely dispersed throughout N India

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Jat

Examples from the Web for jat

Historical Examples

From this we conclude—hypothetically—that the Jat warriors were supplemented by other tribes.

Why, they did it even to the twice-born Brahmans, let alone a Jat.

The Jat burst into a roar of laughter, stifled with apologies to the lama.

It was a tin box of opium pills among the rubbish of the Jat's bundle.

Though standing in the midst of a Jat neighbourhood, the fort was first garrisoned by Gujars, and took the name of Gujrat.

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