Hindus

[ hin-duhs ]

noun
  1. Maurice Ger·schon [gur-shuhn], /ˈgɜr ʃən/, 1891–1969, U.S. writer, born in Russia.

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How to use Hindus in a sentence

  • And yet thousands of Hindus would rather die of thirst than drink water from a Mahomedan household.

  • For Hindus and Japanese and Chinamen and what-nots from the southern seas were every-day affairs.

    The Adventures of Kathlyn | Harold MacGrath
  • The cobra was a sacred beast to the Hindus, and a seven-headed one was peculiarly so, seven being a mystic number.

  • The cow is taboo to the Hindus, the pig is taboo to the Mohammedans and to the Jews.

    The Necessity of Atheism | Dr. D.M. Brooks
  • Of striking natural features—self-created objects of veneration, as the Hindus call them—many kinds are found.

    The Age of Erasmus | P. S. Allen