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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

She joined them outside their neighboring houses and walked to the middle of the harvest-ready wheat fields belonging to the majority Jat community, where the girls relieved themselves.

From New York Times ● May 29, 2014

This protection was subsequently withdrawn, the rana having been guilty of treachery, and in 1783 Sindhia succeeded in recapturing the fortress of Gwalior, and crushed his Jat opponent by seizing the whole of Gohad.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

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