Definition of Maratha

1. Noun. A member of a people of India living in Maharashtra.

Exact synonyms: Mahratta
Generic synonyms: Indian

Definition of Maratha

1. Noun. A member of a Hindu people from Maharashtra. ¹

2. Proper noun. The language of this people. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maratha

Maracan language
Maracay
Maraco
Maradonaesque
Maragoli
Marah
Maranhão
Maranon's sign
Maranon's syndrome
Marans
Maranta arundinaceae
Marantaceae
Marasmius
Marasmius oreades
Marat
Maratha
Marathas
Marathi
Marathons
Marattia
Marattia salicina
Marattiaceae
Marattiales
Marburg disease
Marburg hemorrhagic fever
Marburg virus
Marc
Marc Blitzstein
Marc Chagall
Marcacci's muscle

Literary usage of Maratha

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"The maratha leaders had originally made their way for ward by service underthe ... the maratha chief increased his fighting power and extended his ..."

2. The Protected Princes of India by William Lee-Warner (1894)
"... the dissolution in form and substance of the maratha confederacy, and renounces all connexion whatever with the other maratha powers, whether arising ..."

3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"There were thus, from 1650 onwards, three powers in the Deccan : 1 The original authorities for the maratha history are—(l) James Grant Duffs History of the ..."

4. The Rise and Expansion of the British Dominion in India by Alfred Comyn Lyall (1894)
"... that followed was in that part of central India where the northern frontiers of the Hyderabad State adjoined the possessions of the two maratha chiefs. ..."

5. The Rise and Expansion of the British Dominion in India by Alfred Comyn Lyall (1894)
"... that followed was in that part of central India where the northern frontiers of the Hyderabad State adjoined the possessions of the two maratha chiefs. ..."

6. An Outline of the Religious Literature of India by John Nicol Farquhar (1920)
"The next leader of eminence among the maratha bhaktas is Eknath (died 1608), who was a Brahman and lived at Paithan. He is said to have spoken and acted in ..."

7. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1908)
"maratha Historical Literature. BY DB PARASNIS, ESQ. (Read before the History Section on igth January 7905 in connection with the Centenary of the Society. ..."

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