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Jat

American  
[jaht, jawt] / dʒɑt, dʒɔt /

noun

  1. 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.


Jat British  
/ dʒɑːt /

noun

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

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Jat Gruden also had to be heavily involved in scouting as a head coach in the Arena Football League.

From Washington Times May 10, 2017

The protesters are members of the lower-caste Jat agricultural community, who are demanding benefits both at the federal and state levels, including guaranteed government jobs or university spots.

From Washington Post Feb. 20, 2016

He cited examples like the Gujjar community in Gujarat’s neighboring state of Rajasthan, and the land-owning Jat community in the northern part of the country, among others, whose similar agitations have met with mixed success.

From Time Aug. 26, 2015

Though reports of skirmishes between Muslims and the Hindu Jat community were coming in from nearby villages, Mr Aziz and his family didn't flee their homes.

From BBC Sep. 25, 2013

The steer may low within the byre,  The Jat may tend his grain, But there'll be neither loot nor fire  Till I come back again.

From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard

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