Rajput

Rajput
Rajpoot Raj`poot", Rajput Raj`put" (r[aum]j`p[=oo]t"), n. [Hind. r[=a]j-p[=u]t, Skr. r[=a]ja-putra king's son.] A Hindoo of the second, or royal and military, caste; a Kshatriya; especially, an inhabitant of the country of Rajpootana, in northern central India. [1913 Webster]

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