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  • noun Plural form of ghazi.

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Examples

  • On page 124 the word ghazis appears with a macron (straight line), over the 'a' and has been formated for this version without the macron.

    The Story of the Guides G. J. Younghusband

  • Those who participated in the ghazva were known as the ghazis, or raiders.

    Forum: News/Activism KOLD 2010

  • The terrorists who carried out the attack are referred to as ghazis or shahids (martyrs).

    Latest Articles 2010

  • The terrorists who carried out the attack are referred to as ghazis or shahids (martyrs).

    Latest Articles 2010

  • Those who participated in the ghazva were known as the ghazis, or raiders.

    Latest Articles 2010

  • The terrorists who carried out the attack are referred to as ghazis or shahids (martyrs).

    Forum: News/Activism KOLD 2010

  • Those who participated in the ghazva were known as the ghazis, or raiders.

    Latest Articles 2010

  • Hundreds of millions of Muslim “ghazis” (holy raiders) are keen to become martyrs while the infidel youths, loving life and fearing death, hate to fight.

    Think Progress » Steve Forbes: “When We Have The Confrontation” With Iran, “The Price of Oil Will Come Down” 2006

  • The ghazis pinpointed their weapons with deadly accuracy, and the shells and the blizzard of musket balls and repeater rounds ravaged the British forces.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

  • As Goodcastle and the others fled in a terrible rout, the ghazis turned the British guns around and augmented the carnage, with the Afghans using the flagpoles from the regiment's own flags as ramming rods for the shot!

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

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