Jat

American

[jaht, jawt] / dʒɑt, dʒɔt /

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.

Jat British

/ dʒɑːt /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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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

The older citizens of Jat clapped along from wooden chairs on the sidelines.

From New York Times • May 10, 2013

Law could do nothing at Delhi, and it was only by bribing the Maratha general that he obtained an escort through the Jat country to Agra.

From Three Frenchmen in Bengal The Commercial Ruin of the French Settlements in 1757 by Hill, S. C. (Samuel Charles)

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