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Bhil

[ beel ]

noun

, plural Bhils, (especially collectively) Bhil.
  1. a people inhabiting the hills of west central India.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bhil1

First recorded in 1815–25

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Example Sentences

There was a rivulet close by, in which the bhil had been prepared; I thought of water, and bid one of the men run for some.

I saw very plainly that this was their bhil; one by one they began to forsake their tattoos and collect.

We left the high-road to proceed by footpaths through the jungles, and near the village of Shirkarpoor we selected the bhil.

Beyond the village was a favourite bhil of theirs, and they would have everything prepared against our coming up.

But Bukta knew, and the corps knew, and every Bhil in the Satpura hills knew.

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