Definitions
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- noun dated A
European .
Etymologies
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From Hindi, from Persian فرنگی (Farangi, "Frank, French, European") (compound of فرنگ (Farang) and ـی (-i)), from French Franc.
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Examples
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What sin did the pandit commit, would be his natural reflection, that he was born again a Feringee, and a woman?
New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments John Morrison
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The Feringee approached and asked me to guide him to the river.
The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson
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Already this year a considerable number will have gone back to their homes, so the Egyptian fellah may possibly begin to place some faith in Feringee promises.
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