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Definition of Banian
1. Noun. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks.
Generic synonyms: Fig Tree
2. Noun. A loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India.
Definition of Banian
1. n. A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
Definition of Banian
1. Noun. An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. ¹
2. Noun. A type of loose gown worn in India. ¹
3. Noun. A banyan (tree). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Banian
1. a Hindu merchant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Banian
1.
1. A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
Alternative forms: banyan.
2. A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Banian
Literary usage of Banian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1843)
"the banian interposed ; the ... I may spare it;" the banian offered a pie;1 the
other wanted more and more, until the bargain closed with the sum of one ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"A DISCOVERY OF THE banian RELIGION. THE INTRODUCTION. ... but whether deterred
with the fictions and chimeras wherewith banian writings abound, ..."
3. The American Reader: Containing Extracts Suited to Excite a Love of Science by George Merriam (1828)
"The banian Tree. — These in time suspend their roots, and receiving nourishment
... A banian tree, with many trunks, forms the most beautiful walks, vistas, ..."
4. Travels on the Western Slope of the Mexican Cordillera: In the Form of Fifty by Cincinnatus (1857)
"AMIGO Mio :—The celebrated banian tree, so well know and so much venerated in
... I noticed but few of the banian trees ; however, I understood them to be ..."
5. History of the Sect of Mahārājas, Or Vallabhāchāryas, in Western India by Karsondas Mulji (1865)
"Krishnadas then said to his wife, ' You gave a promise yesterday to the banian,
and the banian must be expecting you, and therefore the promise given to him ..."
6. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1878)
"Roots of the banian Tree. The most remarkable evidence of the extraordinary power
of the pendent roots of the banian has been lately exhibited in the ..."
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