Definitions
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- noun In the context of resistance to British colonialism, a native Indian, especially a Hindustani (plural often same as singular)
- noun In the context of Hindu nationalism, a native Indian of whatever religion, as a person of Hindu culture
- noun this sense?) A speaker of
Hindi , as opposed to other languages of India; or more generally a Northern Indian (Aryan ) as opposed to aDravidian . - noun this sense?) An
Asian Indian , as opposed to anAmerican Indian (Amerindian ). - noun A town and district in Khuzistan,
Iran , now Hendijan - noun An old name for the Zohreh River separating Khuzistan and
Bushehr provinces, named after the town
Etymologies
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Hind + -ian, or a conflation of Hindi or Hindu and Indian. The term seems to have been coined several times independently.
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Examples
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The tour guide, a midtwenties Hindian with a zebra cut — Preteela someone — flashes him a brief, rueful smile.
Starfish 1999
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Shekar may be really a non-Tamil Hindian or Malayali or Kannadan.
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Poor fellow, I 'ope' e's well, an 'Mr Bunco too, though he _is_ a Red Hindian. "
Over the Rocky Mountains Wandering Will in the Land of the Redskin 1859
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