Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A banker or merchant; a money-lender; a usurer.
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Examples
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In this way, no matter how favourable the season, how large the crop, the grasping mahajun is sure to make it appear that the _whole_ is due to him; for he takes it at his own value.
The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished 1836
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"Always oppressed, ever in poverty, the ryot is compelled to seek the aid of the mahajun, or native money-lender.
The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished 1836
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