Indian
/ˈɪn.di.ən/ adjective A2- Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies.
- Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
- Made with Indian corn or maize. · Indian bread· Indian meal
- Designating any of various chess openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance.
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The baron, followed by the count, traversed a long series of apartments, in which the prevailing characteristics were heavy magnificence and the gaudiness of ostentatious wealth, until he reached the boudoir of Madame Danglars—a small octagonal-shaped room, hung with pink satin, covered with white Indian muslin.
“This, gentlemen, is Colonel Sebastian Moran, once of Her Majesty’s Indian Army, and the best heavy-game shot that our Eastern Empire has ever produced.
Clubs: The Anglo-Indian, the Tankerville, the Bagatelle Card Club.
Each little Indian sleepy-head
Other matches
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