Firangi

Firangi

See also: firangi

English

Noun

Firangi (plural Firangi)

1. Alternative spelling of firangi
   • 1996, Keki N. Daruwalla, The Day of the Winter Solstice, in The Minister for Permanent Unrest & other stories, page 126:

     ‘There is no higher feature this side of the river than your house. You could be the first to notice the Firangi army when it nears Kalinadi.’

   • 2007, Feryal Ali Gauhar, No Space for Further Burials, page 99:

     We watched the Firangi as they struggled through the pass, their hands frozen and fingers unable to load their heavy muskets.

Quotations

• 1896, James Dunning Baker Gribble, A History of the Deccan, volume 1, page 389:

  The Firangi Buruj or Portuguese Tower, about 1000 yards east of the Fateh Gate, is the most complete of all the bastions, [...]

Anagrams

• argifin, fairing