1.  hindoo(n = noun.person) hindu, hindustani - a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India;
is a kind of asian, asiatic
is a member of hindustan
has particulars: brahman, brahmin, kshatriya, rajpoot, rajput, shudra, sudra, vaisya
Derived form adjective hindoo₁

2.  hindoo(n = noun.person) hindu - a person who adheres to Hinduism;
is a kind of religious person
is a member of hindooism, hinduism
has particulars: swami, chela, hare krishna, shaktist, shivaist, vaishnava, saddhu, sadhu, sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi
Derived form adjective hindoo₁

   hindoo(a = adj.pert) hindi, hindu - of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu faith"
Derived forms noun hindoo₂, noun hindoo₁

   A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.

hindoo, archaic var. of HINDU.

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