Hindoo \Hin"doo\, Hindu \Hin"du\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Hindoos}or
{Hindus}. [Per. Hind[=u], fr. Hind, Hind[=u]st[=a]n, India.
Cf. {Indian}.]
A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is
confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious
name it is restricted to followers of the Veda. Hindoo
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