Kshatriya

American  

[ksha-tree-uh] / ˈkʃæ tri ə /

noun

1. a member of the Hindu royal and warrior class above the Vaisyas and below the Brahmans.

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Kshatriya British  

/ ˈkʃætrɪə /

noun

1. a member of the second of the four main Hindu castes, the warrior caste

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Etymology

Origin of Kshatriya

First recorded in 1775–85, Kshatriya is from the Sanskrit word kṣatriya

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Example Sentences

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Kshatriya

Mr. Kshatriya says the agency made a “conscious decision” to delay Artemis II in December 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

“We know that we can do it,” Mr. Kshatriya says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Mr. Kshatriya, 48, oversaw Artemis from 2023 until mid-2025, when he was promoted to his current job and passed operational charge of the audacious moon-to-Mars mission to a fellow Texan, Lori Glaze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Speaking at the press conference, Nasa associate administrator Anit Kshatriya contrasted the precision of that angle with the 250,000-mile journey to the Moon.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

Thus the Kaivarttas or Kewats were the offspring of a Kshatriya father and Vaishya mother, and so on.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

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