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Definition of Gurkha
1. Noun. A member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years; known for fierceness in combat.
2. Noun. A member of Hindu people descended from brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal.
Definition of Gurkha
1. Noun. A member of the dominant ethnic group in Nepal, with a Himalayan diaspora ¹
2. Noun. A member of this people recruited to serve in their own elite units in the British and Indian army ¹
3. Adjective. referring or belonging to the Gurkha people ¹
4. Adjective. referring or belonging to a/the Gurkha soldier/units ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gurkha
Literary usage of Gurkha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"On our invitation it was again occupied by Kulu troops during the gurkha war of
1815, and was eventually retained by us when these hostilities were brought ..."
2. Life of Brian Houghton Hodgson: British Resident at the Court of Nepal by William Wilson Hunter (1896)
"4TH gurkha REGIMENT.—This regiment was raised in 1857. It became the 4th gurkha
Regiment in 1861, and a 2nd Battalion was added in 1886. 5™ gurkha REGIMENT. ..."
3. Still Killing: Landmines in Southern Africa by Alex Vines, Arms Project (Human Rights Watch) (1997)
"146 gurkha Security Guards In their first joint attempt to deal with the landmine
problem, the Mozambican government and Renamo agreed at the December 31, ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1907)
"Translated by Captain AB Lindsay, 2nd King Edward's Own gurkha Rifles, with a
preface by Sir George Syden- ham Clarke. London : Murray, 1907. ..."
5. The Marquess of Hastings, K. G. by John Foster George Ross-of-Bladensburg (1893)
"THE gurkha WAR, 1814-16 IT has already been said that affairs in Nepal claimed
Lord Hastings' first attention, and the preliminary proceedings connected ..."
6. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1892)
"will, if paid by subjects of Tibet, be taken by that Government, and if paid by
gurkha subjects, Kashmiris, &c., will be appropriated by ..."
7. The Army and Navy Magazine (1883)
"... gurkha, was a private in one of our gurkha regiments. He took unto himself
the cast-off wife of a comrade, and, as she was not permitted to reside in ..."
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