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Indian

adjective

Of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures. "Indian saris"

Of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages. Synonyms: Amerind, Amerindic, Native American. "Indian arrowheads"

noun

A member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived. Synonyms: American Indian, Red Indian.

A native or inhabitant of India.

Any of the languages spoken by Amerindians. Synonyms: American-Indian language, American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian language.

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... in brief the general method of the Russian advance. It will be seen to be similar to that by which the Indian lands of the western United States were gained. "The Cossacks at Russian stations make raids on their own account on the Kirgheez, and subject them to rough treatment. An outbreak occurs which it requires a military force to subdue. An ...

— Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris

... out before him like players on to a stage. Spaces of shining water, crossed by ships with decks manned by heroes for whom the blue distance was for ever revealing new lands to conquer, new adventures to affront; the plumed Indian in his forest divining the track of his enemy from a displaced leaf or twig; the Zealots of Jehovah urging a last frenzied defence of Jehovah's Sanctuary against the Roman host; and now, last of all, the gloom and flames, ...

— The History of David Grieve • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... Dispatch! Use Maximilian and the French to crush The Liberals, then with the church unite To pull down Maximilian and set up— Marquez!... The Empress—and Ignacio! One I suspect,—a half-breed full of pride! Who'd have the court forget his Indian mother And bear in mind his father was ...

— Semiramis and Other Plays - Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet • Olive Tilford Dargan

... to the middle of the eastern part of Asia, the river Ganges empties itself into the sea, whilst the Indian ocean is to the southwards, in which is the port of Caligardamana. To the south-east of that port is the island of Deprobane[9]. To the north of the mouths of the Ganges, where mount Caucasus ends, is the port of Samera; ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 1 • Robert Kerr

... eighteenth century against Brest and Cherbourg with bodies of ten or twelve thousand men amounted to nothing in the heart of a powerful state like France. The remarkable conquests which procured them their Indian empire occurred in succession. Having obtained possession of Calcutta, and then of Bengal, they strengthened themselves gradually by the arrival of troops in small bodies and by using the Sepoys, whom they disciplined to the number of one ...

— The Art of War • Baron Henri de Jomini

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