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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

By 3 p.m., the festivities in Jat were in full swing.

From New York Times • May 10, 2013

Thus supported, the bucolic sagacity of the Jat Raja began for the first time to fail him, and he made demands which seemed to threaten the small remains of the Moghul Empire.

From Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan by Keene, H. G. (Henry George)

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