Rajput

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Rajput
       n : a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern
           India [syn: {Rajpoot}]