noun
Etymology
Origin of Pathan
C17: from Hindi
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Raja Pathan joined the army as a last resort in February, after an education consultant deceived him into enrolling in a non-existent college.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024
"The peace talks are part of a larger negotiation between the Thai state and the people of Patani," said security analyst Don Pathan, using the traditional name of the border region.
From Reuters • May 26, 2023
Talk to a student and their family privately first, Pathan said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2022
His Pathan family hailed from Peshawar, in what became Pakistan after the Partition, and he visited his ancestral home in the late 1980s.
From Fox News • Jul. 7, 2021
They have very hard service, constant outpost duty, few nights in bed, with ever the danger of the Pathan rifle thief and ambuscades.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
