Mahratta

[ muh-rat-uh ]

noun

1. Maratha.

Mahratta

/ məˈrɑːtə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Maratha

Derived Forms

• Mahˈratti, nounadjective

Example Sentences

He was a writer of some ability, and was the author of a “History of the Mahratta War,” which Napoleon read and admired.

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Thus beset behind and before, Havelock turned and marched against the Mahratta chief, and sent him flying towards Delhi.

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I wish you saw the astonishment of the Mahratta fellows as Ormsby lifted the tent-pegs in full career; he never missed one.

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The inevitable consequence of such an existence, the forced life of inactivity with the traditions of the bold exploits of his royal ancestors, brilliant Mahratta chieftains, may be imagined.

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He is descended from the renowned Sivajee, whose skill and courage, in the seventeenth century, delivered the Mahrattas from the Mahometan yoke of the successors of Tamerlane, and founded the mighty Mahratta empire.

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